DocumentCode
2246934
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
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
Type
conf
Filename
4571905
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