Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals
Subtitle: Physics of the Gain Materials
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 27, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9783540641667
Subjects: Applications of Computing; Laser technology; Optics (light); Semi-conductors & super-conductors; Science; Semiconductor Physics; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Electronics - Optoelectronics; Lasers; Optics; Science-Optics; Technology / Lasers; Technology-Electronics - Optoelectronics; Electricity; Semiconductor Lasers
First sentence: The concept of a semiconductor laser was introduced by Basov et al. (1961) who suggested that stimulated emission of radiation could occur in semiconductors by the recombination of carriers injected across a p-n junction.
Description: "This book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium. The optical and electronic properties of semiconductors, particularly semiconductor quantum-well systems are analyzed in detail, covering a wide variety of near-infrared systems with or without strain, as well as wide-gap materials such as the group-III nitride compounds or the II-VI materials.

A wealth of examples for many different materials combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications."--BOOK JACKET.