Title :
Small-signal modeling of the transistor laser in common-emitter and common-base configurations
Author :
Faraji, Behnam ; Shi, Wei ; Pulfrey, David L. ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Abstract :
An analytic small-signal model for the transistor laser is developed. For the common-base configuration, bandwidth equalization and the suppression of the relaxation oscillation are shown, leading to a bandwidth enhancement to 48 GHz.
Keywords :
heterojunction bipolar transistors; quantum well lasers; bandwidth enhancement; bandwidth equalization; bandwidth suppression; common-base configurations; common-emitter configurations; frequency 48 GHz; heterojunction bipolar junction transistor; quantum well; relaxation oscillation; small-signal model; transistor laser; Bandwidth; Charge carrier lifetime; Equations; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Laser modes; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Quantum well lasers; Radiative recombination; Stimulated emission;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688802
