He is also a senior scientist at the laboratory for laser energetics lle in the university of rochester. Dutta and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Primarily binary compounds of the type a 3 b 5, a 2 b 6 and a 4 b 6 and mixtures thereofsolid solutionsare used in semiconductor lasers see table 1. In this paper, we analyze the intensity and phase noise of semiconductor lasers operating in single mode. Pdf surface emitting semiconductor lasers and arrays.
This thesis focuses on the development of a semiconductor laser fabricating process which utilizes semiconductor manufacturing technology in a. Norwell, massachusetts, kluwer academic publishers, 1993, 630pp. Semiconductor lasers electrical engineering by govind p. Studying semiconductor lasers with multimode rate equations.
Starting from the multimode rate equations of the semiconductor lasers, taking into consideration the contribution of the spontaneous emission, an implicit analytical solution to the rate. Agrawal is an indian american physicist and a fellow of both the ieee and the optical. This updated edition of the leading guide in the fields. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive account of longwave length semiconductor lasers. The development during the 1970s of gaas semiconductor lasers.
Longwavelength semiconductor lasers by govind p agrawal. Smaller size and appearance make them good choice for many applications. Agrawal the institute ofoptics, university of rochester daan lenstra department ofphysics and astronomy, free university, amsterdam. Semiconductor l a s e r s ii materials and structures optics and photonics formerly quantum electronics series edit. Fabrication and characterization of edgeemitting semiconductor lasers dr. Describe how a semiconductor laser diode works what determines the frequency that is emitted. He was a research fellow at the california institute of technology, pasadena, ca and member of technical staff and district manager at bellcore, red bank, new jersey, before assuming his current position of professor of physics of nanostructures at the swiss federal institute of technology in lausanne.
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It begins with a chapter presenting their general principles, then moves on to explore photonic crystal lasers, the development of high power lasers, laser arrays, and the generation of ultrafast light pulses by semiconductor lasers. Longwavelength semiconductor lasers govind agrawal. Iii produces the comparison of semiconductor lasers with respect to various parameters and section. A path to highpower, quality beam and uv to ir wavelength by design mark kuznetsov 1. The original concepts of semiconductor lasers dates from 1961, when basov et al. Semiconductor laser article about semiconductor laser by. Niloy k dutta applications of semiconductor lasers in optical communications and other lightwave technologies have expanded considerably in recent years. Longwavelength semiconductor lasers govind agrawal springer. Pdf population pulsations and nondegenerate fourwave. Pdf in this manuscript we analyze the modal dynamics of multimode semiconductor quantumwell lasers.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Such materials are directgap semiconductors, in which interband radiative recombination can occur without the participation of phonons or other electrons and. The volume begins by introducing the basic mechanisms of optical gain in semiconductors and the role of quantum confinement in modern quantum well diode lasers. I compoundcavity edgeemitting semiconductor lasers 19. Semiconductor lasers, 2nd edition agrawal, govind p. Read surface emitting semiconductor lasers and arrays online, read in mobile or kindle. Spontaneous emission is a major source of noise in semiconductor lasers. Download surface emitting semiconductor lasers and arrays ebook free in pdf and epub format. It incorporates the latest advances in the design and performance of semiconductor lasers for lightwave transmission systems, and helps engineers design high quality. The principle behind semiconductor lasers is very different from gas co 2 and solidstate nd. Advances in material purity and epitaxial growth techniques have led to a variety of semiconductor lasers covering a wide wavelength range of 0.
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