Title :
Effect of damping and gain compression in purcell-enhanced nanocavity lasers
Author :
Lau, Erwin K. ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We simulate the rate equations of nanocavity lasers, introducing gain compression of both the stimulated and spontaneous emission. The resonance frequency and damping are simultaneously enhanced by the Purcell effect, greatly limiting the modulation bandwidth.
Keywords :
laser beams; microcavity lasers; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; spontaneous emission; stimulated emission; Purcell-enhanced semiconductor nanocavity lasers; damping effect; gain compression; modulation bandwidth; spontaneous emission; stimulated emission; Bandwidth; Damping; Equations; Laser modes; Laser theory; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; (060.4080) Modulation; (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
