• DocumentCode
    1572442
  • Title

    Effect of carrier capture on modulation response properties of semiconductor microdisk lasers

  • Author

    Bagheri, Mahmood ; Shih, M.H. ; Choi, Stanley Jungkyu ; Brien, J. D O ; Dapkus, P.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Ming Hsieh Sch. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    549
  • Lastpage
    550
  • Abstract
    The effect of the carrier capture into quantum wells on the modulation response of semiconductor laser is investigated. It is shown that the capture limits the maximum possible modulation speed by increasing gain nonlinearities.
  • Keywords
    electron traps; hole traps; laser cavity resonators; microdisc lasers; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; carrier capture; gain nonlinearities; modulation response; modulation speed; quantum wells; semiconductor microdisk lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Photonic band gap; Power generation; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688735
  • Filename
    4688735