Essential semiconductor laser device physics A.F.J Levi

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levi, A. F. J. (Anthony Frederic John), 1959- author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiconductor lasers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) IOP Publishing [2025]

Biography/History:

Tony Levi joined the USC faculty in mid-1993 after working for 10 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He invented hot-electron spectroscopy, discovered ballistic electron transport in heterostructure bipolar transistors, demonstrated room temperature operation of unipolar transistors with ballistic electron transport, created the first microdisk laser, and carried out work in optimal design of small electronic and photonic systems. His current research interests include device physics at the classical-quantum boundary, system engineering and integration, high-performance electronics, and optimization in system design. To date, he has published numerous scientific papers, several book chapters, is the author of the books Applied Quantum Mechanics (currently in its third edition), Essential Classical Mechanics for Device Physics, Essential Semiconductor Laser Device Physics, Essential Electron Transport for Device Physics, co-editor of the book Optimal Device Design, and holds 17 US patents

Summary:

This book describes the key aspects of semiconductor laser device physics and principles of laser operation. It is an accessible, convenient reference and essential knowledge that may be easily understood before exploring more sophisticated device concepts. The contents serve as an essential foundation for scientists and engineers about how semiconductor lasers work and the fundamentals determining their behavior without requiring highly specialized and detailed study. New material in the second edition includes expanded and improved descriptions of basic concepts and practical applications. A chapter on quantum effects in small semiconductor lasers has been included, and appendices provide helpful supplemental material

Contents:

1. Semiconductor band structure and heterostructures

1.1. Atom shape and crystal structure

1.2. Atomic orbitals and hybridization

1.3. The one-electron Schrödinger equation

1.4. Bloch's theorem

1.5. The origin of complex band structure

1.6. The tight-binding method

1.7. Tight binding in three dimensions

1.8. The semiconductor heterostructure

1.9. Substitutional doping of a semiconductor

1.10. Thermal equilibrium and particle distribution functions

1.11. Double heterostructure diode

2. Spontaneous emission and optical gain

2.1. Spontaneous and stimulated emission

2.2. Optical transitions using the golden rule

2.3. Comments on the success of a simple model

3. The semiconductor laser diode

3.1. Designing a laser diode

4. Single-mode rate equations

4.1. Continuum mean-field single-mode semiconductor laser diode rate equations

4.2. Numerical method for solving rate equations

4.3. Large-signal transient response

4.4. Small-signal intensity response

5. Noise and fluctuations

5.1. Relative intensity noise

5.2. Langevin intensity rate equations

5.3. Temperature dependence of the semiconductor laser diode threshold current

6. Quantized particle number

6.1. An experiment to prove the photon exists

6.2. The Fabry-Perot resonator

6.3. Control of single-photon dynamics in a Fabry-Perot resonator

6.4. Particle number quantization in a mesolaser

7. Quantum behavior

7.1. Quantization of the photon field and atom

7.2. The mesoscale laser

7.3. Beyond the mesoscale laser

Appendix A. Physical values

Appendix B. Crystal structure

Appendix C. Tight-binding complex band structure

Appendix D. The beam splitter

Appendix E. Coherent control of photon dynamics in a Fabry-Perot resonator

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version Essential semiconductor laser device physics

ISBN:

9780750364171

9780750364164

OCLC:

1521953263

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