THEORY OF CARRIER HEATING THROUGH INJECTION PUMPING AND LASING IN SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS

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JAHNKE, F
KOCH, SW
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[1] Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
[2] Department of Physics, University of Arizona
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10.1364/OL.18.001438
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Nonequilibrium carrier distributions in microcavity lasers are computed by solution of a quantum Boltzmann equation that includes carrier-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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