Semiconductor laser fundamentals / Toshiaki Suhara.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Suhara, Toshiaki, 1950-

Series:

• Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; v. 90.
• Optical engineering ; 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Semiconductor lasers.

Physical Description:

vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]

Contents:

• 1.1 Principles and Device Structures of Semiconductor Lasers 1
• 1.2 Materials for Semiconductor Lasers 9
• 1.3 Features of Semiconductor Injection Lasers 12
• 1.4 Applications of Semiconductor Lasers 14
• 2. Interaction of Electrons and Photons 17
• 2.1 Quantization of Optical Waves and Photons 17
• 2.2 Interactions of Electrons and Photons 24
• 2.3 Absorption and Emission of Photons 30
• 2.4 Population Inversion and Light Amplification 35
• 3. Stimulated Emission and Optical Gain in Semiconductors 37
• 3.1 Band Structure of Semiconductors and Stimulated Emission 37
• 3.2 Direct-Transition Model 43
• 3.3 Gaussian Halperin-Lax Band-Tail Model with the Stern Energy-Dependent Matrix Element 46
• 3.4 Gain Spectrum and Gain Factor 54
• 3.5 Spontaneous Emission and Injection Current Density 60
• 3.6 Density Matrix Analysis 65
• 4. Stimulated Emission in Quantum Well Structures 81
• 4.1 Electron State in Quantum Well Structures 81
• 4.2 Direct-Transition Model 92
• 4.3 Gain Spectrum and Gain Factor 95
• 4.4 Spontaneous Emission and Injection Current Density 104
• 4.5 Strained Quantum Wells 107
• 5. Semiconductor Heterostructure Optical Waveguides 111
• 5.1 Outline of Optical Waveguides for Semiconductor Lasers 111
• 5.2 Fundamental Equations for the Optical Wave 113
• 5.3 Optical Wave in a Waveguide 116
• 5.4 Planar Waveguide 119
• 5.5 Perturbation Theory and the Optical Confinement Factor 134
• 5.6 Channel Waveguides 139
• 5.7 Reflection at Waveguide Facets 147
• 5.8 Waveguide Fabry-Perot Resonator 152
• 5.9 Far-Field Patterns 159
• 6. Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers 163
• 6.1 Semiconductor Laser Structure and Outline of Oscillation 163
• 6.2 Rate Equations 168
• 6.3 Steady-State Oscillation Characteristics 176
• 6.4 Modulation Characteristics 187
• 6.5 Noise Characteristics 200
• 6.6 Single-Mode Spectrum and Spectrum Linewidth 221
• 6.7 Ultrashort Optical Pulse Generation 225
• 7. Distributed Feedback Lasers 233
• 7.1 Dynamic Single-Mode Lasers 233
• 7.2 Coupled-Mode Equations 235
• 7.3 Distributed Feedback Lasers 243
• 7.4 Distributed Bragg Reflector Lasers 258
• 8. Semiconductor Laser Amplifiers 269
• 8.1 Gain Spectrum and Gain Saturation 269
• 8.2 Resonant Laser Amplifiers 271
• 8.3 Traveling-Wave Laser Amplifiers 273
• 8.4 Tapered Laser Amplifiers 279
• 8.5 Master Oscillator Power Amplifier 282
• Appendix 1. Outline of Density Matrix Analysis 285
• A1.1 Definition of Density Matrix and Expectation Values 285
• A1.2 Equation of Motion for the Density Operator 286
• Appendix 2. Density of States for Electrons 289
• A2.1 Three-Dimensional State 290
• A2.2 Two-Dimensional State 290
• A2.3 One-Dimensional State 290
• Appendix 3. The Kramers-Kronig Relation 293
• Appendix 4. Experimental Determination of Gain and Internal Loss 297
• Appendix 5. Spontaneous Emission Term and Factors 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824753739

OCLC:

54982414