Loss processes in organic double-heterostructure laser diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6655, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gärtner, Christian ^a   Karnutsch, Christian ^a   Brückner, Jan ^a   Christ, Nico ^a   Uebe, Stephan ^a   Lemmer, Uli ^a   Görrn, Patrick ^b   Rabe, Torsten ^b   Riedl, Thomas ^b   Kowalsky, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annihilation processes; Electrical pumping; Field quenching; Laser threshold; Organic semiconductor laser; Polaron absorption; Simulation; Triplet absorption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; EXCITONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ANNIHILATION PROCESSES; ELECTRICAL PUMPING; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; POLARON ABSORPTION; TRIPLET ABSORPTION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 42249115232     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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