• DocumentCode
    2313335
  • Title

    The effect of carrier capture on the modulation bandwidth of quantum well lasers

  • Author

    Grupen, M. ; Kosinovsky, G. ; Hess, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Beckman Inst. for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    5-8 Dec. 1993
  • Firstpage
    609
  • Lastpage
    612
  • Abstract
    Effects of electron and hole transport on modulation response and ways to compute them are discussed. A brief overview of the self-consistent simulation of quantum well lasers is presented along with a more detailed discussion of carrier capture. The modulation responses of a test laser structure with different carrier capture rates are presented. The results are explained by examining free carrier and electric field distributions calculated for the different cases.<>
  • Keywords
    carrier mobility; electron traps; hole traps; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; capture rates; carrier capture; electric field distribution; electron transport; free carrier distribution; hole transport; modulation bandwidth; modulation responses; quantum well lasers; self-consistent simulation; Bandwidth; Carrier confinement; Computational modeling; Laser theory; Poisson equations; Quantum mechanics; Quantum well lasers; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor lasers; Thermionic emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1993. IEDM '93. Technical Digest., International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1450-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1993.347285
  • Filename
    347285