Semiconductor lasers. I, Fundamentals / edited by Eli Kapon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapon, Eli.

Series:

Optics and photonics.

Optics and photonics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiconductor lasers.

Lasers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book covers the device physics of semiconductor lasers in five chapters written by recognized experts in this field. The volume begins by introducing the basic mechanisms of optical gain in semiconductors and the role of quantum confinement in modern quantum well diode lasers. Subsequent chapters treat the effects of built-in strain, one of the important recent advances in the technology of these lasers, and the physical mechanisms underlying the dynamics and high speed modulation of these devices. The book concludes with chapters addressing the control of photon states in squeezed-light

Contents:

Front Cover; Semiconductor Lasers I; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Quantum Well Semiconductor Lasers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Carriers and photons in semiconductor structures; 1.3 Basics of quantum well lasers; 1.4 State filling in quantum well lasers; 1.5 Reduction of state filling in QW lasers; 1.6 Some performance characteristics of QW lasers; 1.7 Conclusion and outlook; References; Chapter 2. Strained Quantum Well Lasers; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Strained layer structures; 2.3 Electronic structure and gain; 2.4 Visible lasers; 2.5 Long-wavelength lasers

2.6 Linewidth, chirp, and high-speed modulation2.7 Strained laser amplifiers; 2.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. High-Speed Lasers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Laser dynamics; 3.3 High-speed laser design; 3.4 Large-signal modulation; 3.5 Conclusions and outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Quantum Wire and Quantum Dot Lasers; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Principles of QWR and QD lasers; 4.3 Quantum wire lasers; 4.4 Quantum dot lasers; 4.5 Conclusions and outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Quantum Optics Effects in Semiconductor Lasers; 5.1 Introduction

5.2 Squeezing in semiconductor lasers5.3 Controlled spontaneous emission in semiconductor lasers; 5.4 Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611054250

9781281054258

1281054259

9780080540924

0080540929

OCLC:

239635249