Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals
Subtitle: Physics of the Gain Materials
By: by Weng W. Chow, Stephan W. Koch
Contributors: Koch, Stephan W.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9783642083860; 9783662038802
Subjects: Engineering; Physics; Surfaces (Physics); Optical materials
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. The important bandstructure modifications and Coulomb interaction effects are discussed, including the solution of the longstanding semiconductor laser lineshape problem. Quantitative comparisons between measured and predicted gain/absorption and refractive index spectra for a wide variety of semiconductor-laser materials enable the theoretical results to be used directly in the engineering of advanced laser and amplifier structures. A walth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications.
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Table of contents: title: Basic Concepts; title: Free-Carrier Theory; title: Coulomb Effects; title: Correlation Effects; title: Bulk Bandstructures; title: Quantum Wells; title: Applications.