Accession Number:

ADA281795

Title:

Theory of Carrier Heating Through Injection Pumping and Lasing in Semiconductor Microcavity Lasers

Descriptive Note:

Optics ltrs.

Corporate Author:

ARIZONA UNIV TUCSON OPTICAL SCIENCES CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Jahnke, F.
• Koch, S. W.

Report Date:

1993-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Nonequilibrium carrier distributions in microcavity lasers are computed by solution of a quantum Boltzmann equation that includes carrier- carrier-phonon, and carrier-photon scattering as well as the pump process. A significant heating of the carrier plasma is observed as a consequence of the Pauli blocking of carrier injection and the removal of cold carriers through the process of stimulated recombination.

Descriptors:

• *LASER CAVITIES
• *SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
• LASER PUMPING
• INJECTION LASERS
• REPRINTS
• CHARGE CARRIERS
• HOLES(ELECTRON DEFICIENCIES)

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE