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- Title Pages
- Preface
- About this book
- List of symbols
- 1 The beginning
- Part I The diode laser
- 2 Introduction to optical gain
- 3 The laser diode structure
- 4 The planar waveguide
- 5 Laser action
- Part II Fundamental processes
- 6 The classical atomic dipole oscillator
- 7 Quantum mechanical interaction of light with atoms
- 8 Quantum confinement
- Part III Device physics
- 9 Gain and emission in quantum dots
- 10 Rate equations for dot state occupation
- 11 Optical transitions in quantum wells
- 12 Gain and recombination current in quantum wells
- 13 Rate equations for laser operation
- Part IV Device operation
- 14 Device structures
- 15 Threshold and the light–current characteristic
- 16 Temperature dependence of threshold current
- Part V Studies of gain and recombination
- 17 Measurement of gain and emission
- 18 Single-pass measurement of gain and emission
- A Trends with band gap
- B The Boltzmann approximation
- C Carrier interactions: excitons and Coulomb enhancement
- Further reading
- D Multilayer Bragg reflector
- E Carrier recombination and lifetime
- Further reading
- F Arrhenius plots
- Further reading
- G Henry’s derivation of spontaneous emission and gain
- References
- Index
Further reading
Further reading
- Source:
- Quantum Confined Laser Devices
- Author(s):
Peter Blood
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- About this book
- List of symbols
- 1 The beginning
- Part I The diode laser
- 2 Introduction to optical gain
- 3 The laser diode structure
- 4 The planar waveguide
- 5 Laser action
- Part II Fundamental processes
- 6 The classical atomic dipole oscillator
- 7 Quantum mechanical interaction of light with atoms
- 8 Quantum confinement
- Part III Device physics
- 9 Gain and emission in quantum dots
- 10 Rate equations for dot state occupation
- 11 Optical transitions in quantum wells
- 12 Gain and recombination current in quantum wells
- 13 Rate equations for laser operation
- Part IV Device operation
- 14 Device structures
- 15 Threshold and the light–current characteristic
- 16 Temperature dependence of threshold current
- Part V Studies of gain and recombination
- 17 Measurement of gain and emission
- 18 Single-pass measurement of gain and emission
- A Trends with band gap
- B The Boltzmann approximation
- C Carrier interactions: excitons and Coulomb enhancement
- Further reading
- D Multilayer Bragg reflector
- E Carrier recombination and lifetime
- Further reading
- F Arrhenius plots
- Further reading
- G Henry’s derivation of spontaneous emission and gain
- References
- Index
