• DocumentCode
    2412923
  • Title

    Effects of quantum well recombination losses on the internal differential efficiency of multi-quantum-well lasers

  • Author

    Piprek, J. ; Abraham, P. ; Bowers, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 1998
  • Firstpage
    167
  • Lastpage
    168
  • Abstract
    Non-uniform carrier distribution in InGaAsP-InP multi-quantum-well (MQW) laser diodes is found to cause QW recombination losses to increase with rising injection current above threshold. These losses can have a larger effect on the internal differential efficiency than carrier leakage.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; carrier density; carrier mobility; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical losses; quantum well lasers; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP MQW laser diodes; QW recombination losses; above threshold; carrier leakage; internal differential efficiency; multi-quantum-well lasers; nonuniform carrier distribution; quantum well recombination losses; rising injection current; Charge carrier density; Charge carrier processes; Diode lasers; Electrons; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Radiative recombination; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Nara, Japan
  • ISSN
    0899-9406
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4223-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.1998.734189
  • Filename
    734189