• DocumentCode
    411894
  • Title

    Carrier distribution and self heating in quantum dot and quantum well lasers

  • Author

    Smowton, P.M. ; Pearce, E.J. ; Hopkinson, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Wales, UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We investigate the degree of self heating, both at the facet and for the whole device, using spontaneous emission measurements and compare two different dot structures with a quantum well laser.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; spontaneous emission; thermo-optical effects; carrier distribution; dot structures; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; self heating; spontaneous emission measurements; Heating; Power lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Temperature; US Department of Transportation; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298041