DocumentCode
1549949
Title
Filamentation in conventional double heterostructure and quantum well semiconductor lasers
Author
Chow, Weng W. ; Depatie, David
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Co., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
24
Issue
7
fYear
1988
fDate
7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1297
Lastpage
1301
Abstract
A wave-optical model is used to investigate filamentation of the optical field in conventional double heterostructure and quantum well semiconductor lasers. The field is propagated by the Crank-Nicholson method, and the gain model is based on a semiclassical laser theory that contains the effects of cross relaxation due to electron-electron and electron-phonon collisions. The model predicts that for broad-area devices, quantum well lasers are less affected by filamentation than conventional double heterostructure lasers
Keywords
geometrical optics; laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; Crank-Nicholson method; broad-area devices; conventional double heterostructure lasers; cross relaxation; electron-electron collisions; electron-phonon collisions; filamentation; quantum well semiconductor lasers; semiclassical laser theory; wave-optical model; DH-HEMTs; Electrodes; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical refraction; Partial differential equations; Polarization; Quantum well lasers; Refractive index; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.966
Filename
966
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