A full time-domain approach to spatio-temporal dynamics of semiconductor lasers. II. Spatio-temporal dynamics

Progress in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 247-307

  Böhringer, Klaus ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical pulse propagation; Numerical simulation of optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODULATION; NANOSCIENCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWDERS; POWER QUALITY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED PULSES; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; BAND EDGES; CARRIER GENERATIONS; COHERENT PULSES; CYCLE PULSES; DEVICE PHYSICS; DISC LASERS; DOMAIN APPROACHES; DYNAMICAL BALANCES; GAIN MATERIALS; GAIN MEDIAS; GAIN RECOVERIES; GAIN SATURATIONS; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGH ENERGY STATES; HOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; INTENSITY PULSES; INTRA CAVITIES; INTRABAND SCATTERINGS; LASER PERFORMANCES; LASING THRESHOLDS; LIMITED BEAMS; MOMENTUM RELAXATIONS; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PULSE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OPTICAL FIELDS; OPTICAL PULSES; PHOTONIC BAND EDGES; PICOSECOND PULSES; POWER OUTPUTS; QUANTUM WELLS; REALISTIC MODELS; SELF-PHASE MODULATIONS; SEMI-CONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR BLOCH EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANO STRUCTURES; SPATIO TEMPORALS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME DOMAINS; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 56949108274     PISSN: 00796727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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