ULTRAFAST INTENSITY SWITCHING AND NONTHERMAL CARRIER EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS

被引:17
作者
JAHNKE, F [1 ]
KOCH, SW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARBURG,CTR MAT SCI,D-350232 MARBURG,GERMANY
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.115125
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A microscopic nonequilibrium theory is applied to investigate the dynamical response of semiconductor microcavity lasers for ultrashort optical pulse excitation. It is predicted that femtosecond pulse induced carrier heating leads to picosecond switching and recovery of the laser emission. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
引用
收藏
页码:2278 / 2280
页数:3
相关论文
共 14 条
[2]   ULTRAFAST GAIN DYNAMICS IN 1.5 MU-M MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELL OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS [J].
EISENSTEIN, G ;
WIESENFELD, JM ;
WEGENER, M ;
SUCHA, G ;
CHEMLA, DS ;
WEISS, S ;
RAYBON, G ;
KOREN, U .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 58 (02) :158-160
[3]   THEORY OF HOT CARRIER EFFECTS ON NONLINEAR GAIN IN GAAS-GAALAS LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS [J].
GOMATAM, BN ;
DEFONZO, AP .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1990, 26 (10) :1689-1704
[4]   CARRIER HEATING AND SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING IN STRAINED-LAYER QUANTUM-WELL LASER-AMPLIFIERS AT 1.5-MU-M [J].
HALL, KL ;
LENZ, G ;
IPPEN, EP ;
KOREN, U ;
RAYBON, G .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1992, 61 (21) :2512-2514
[5]   NONEQUILIBRIUM ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA IN GAAS QUANTUM-WELLS [J].
HOPFEL, RA ;
SHAH, J ;
GOSSARD, AC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1986, 56 (07) :765-768
[6]   MANY-BODY THEORY FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS [J].
JAHNKE, F ;
KOCH, SW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1995, 52 (02) :1712-1727
[7]   THEORY OF CARRIER HEATING THROUGH INJECTION PUMPING AND LASING IN SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS [J].
JAHNKE, F ;
KOCH, SW .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1993, 18 (17) :1438-1440
[8]   SUBPICOSECOND GAIN DYNAMICS IN GAALAS LASER-DIODES [J].
KESLER, MP ;
IPPEN, EP .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1987, 51 (22) :1765-1767
[9]   FEMTOSECOND CARRIER THERMALIZATION IN DENSE FERMI SEAS [J].
KNOX, WH ;
CHEMLA, DS ;
LIVESCU, G ;
CUNNINGHAM, JE ;
HENRY, JE .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 61 (11) :1290-1293
[10]   SEMICONDUCTOR MICROLASER LINEWIDTHS [J].
MOHIDEEN, U ;
SLUSHER, RE ;
JAHNKE, F ;
KOCH, SW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1994, 73 (13) :1785-1788