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
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