Title :
Experimental evidence for hole transport limited intensity modulation response in quantum well lasers
Author :
Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Direct experimental evidence is presented to show that it is the hole transport across wide separate confinement heterostructures and not the electron quantum capture that leads to the low-frequency rolloff in the intensity modulation response of quantum well lasers.
Keywords :
optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; SCH lasers; hole transport limited; intensity modulation response; low-frequency rolloff; quantum well lasers; separate confinement heterostructures;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931123
