Physics of the Gain Materials
Edición de la obra Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals
| Autor | Weng W. Chow |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Fecha de publicación | 1999 |
| Lugar | Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 245 |
| Formato | [electronic resource] : |
| ISBN-13 | 9783642083860, 9783662038802 |
| ISBN-10 | 3642083862, 3662038803 |
| OCLC | 851374246 |
| Número de Cutter |
C552sThis book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium. The optical and electronic properties of semiconductors, particularly semiconductor quantum-well systems, are analyzed in detail, covering a wide variety of near-infrared systems with or without strain, as well as wide-gap materials such as the group-III nitride compounds or the II-VI materials. The important bandstructure modifications and Coulomb interaction effects are discussed, including the solution of the longstanding semiconductor laser lineshape problem. Quantitative comparisons between measured and predicted gain/absorption and refractive index spectra for a wide variety of semiconductor-laser materials enable the theoretical results to be used directly in the engineering of advanced laser and amplifier structures. A walth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications.