Semiconductor laser fundamentals /
Suhara (integrated optoelectronics, Osaka U.) sets out the basics of the technology and its application for researchers, engineers, and students. Various types of semiconductor lasers are mass-produced and widely used as coherent light sources for a variety of applications, including optical fiber c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Marcel Dekker,
©2004.
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| Series: | Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ;
v. 90. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Introduction; Interaction of Electrons and Photons; Stimulated Emission and Optical Gain in Semiconductors; Stimulated Emission in Quantum Well Structures; Semiconductor Heterostructure Optical Waveguides; Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers; Distributed Feedback Lasers; Semiconductor Laser Amplifiers; Appendix 1 Outline of Density Matrix Analysis; Appendix 2 Density of States for Electrons; Appendix 3 The Kramers-Kronig Relation; Appendix 4 Experimental Determination of Gain and Internal Loss; Appendix 5 Spontaneous Emission Term and Factors; Index.