Numerical device simulation of double-heterostructure organic laser diodes including current-induced absorption processes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1006-1017

  Gartner, Christian ^a   Karnutsch, Christian ^a   Pflumm, Christof ^b   Lemmer, Uli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Charge carrier absorption; Electrical pumping; Laser threshold; Modeling; Organic semiconductor laser; Polaron absorption; Quenching; Simulation; Triplet triplet absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PUMPING; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; POLARON ABSORPTION; QUENCHING SIMULATION; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARONS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ORGANIC LASERS;

EID: 42249094585     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.905021     Document Type: Article

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