DocumentCode
1548668
Title
Design of semiconductor laser with current-induced cooling
Author
Dogonkin, E.B. ; Zegrya, G.G.
Author_Institution
A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
Volume
37
Issue
22
fYear
2001
fDate
10/25/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1339
Lastpage
1341
Abstract
A novel design of semiconductor lasers and photodiodes with cooling by injection current is proposed. Carriers are injected into the active region via tunnelling with absorption of optical phonons. An expression for the optimal emitter lengths in a current-cooled system is obtained
Keywords
cooling; current density; electron-phonon interactions; photodiodes; quantum well lasers; tunnelling; QW laser structure; active region temperature; carrier injection; current-induced cooling; enhanced temperature stability; injection current cooling; negative feedback; optical phonon absorption; optimal emitter lengths; phonon-assisted carrier tunnelling; photodiodes; semiconductor laser design; tunnelling;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010916
Filename
964282
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