Optical gain in GaInNAs and GaInNAsSb quantum wells

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-877

  Ferguson, James W ^a   Blood, Peter ^a   Smowton, Peter M ^a   Bae, Hopil ^b   Sarmiento, Tomas ^b   Harris, James S ^b   Tansu, Nelson ^c   Mawst, Luke J ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilute nitrides; Optical gain; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF STATE; DILUTE NITRIDES; GAINNAS; GAINNASSB; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; LASER GAIN MEDIA; MATRIX ELEMENTS; NON-RADIATIVE; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; OVERLAP INTEGRALS; PEAK GAIN; PHOTON ENERGY; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION SPECTRUM; VALENCE-BAND DENSITIES; WELL WIDTH;

ANTIMONY; CHEMICAL BONDS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LASERS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPTICAL GAIN; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84855332659     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2129492     Document Type: Article

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