Differential gain of closely spaced energy states in quantum dashes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1906-1912

  Qasaimeh, Omar ^a,b  

^a AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Differential gain; Gain; Model; Quantum dash (QDash)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE MATERIAL; ANALYTICAL MODEL; DETUNINGS; DIFFERENTIAL GAIN; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON ENERGY STATE; ENERGY STATE; GAIN MODELS; KEY PARAMETERS; LOW ENERGIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCCUPATION PROBABILITY; P-TYPE; QUANTUM DASHES; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONS; HOLE CONCENTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 77953837873     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2050297     Document Type: Article

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