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

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA281795

Entities

People

  • F. Jahnke
  • Stephan W. Koch

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Efficiency
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Electron Holes
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors

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  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

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  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing