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Carrier dynamics and gain saturation in quantum-well lasers

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A Monte Carlo technique has been developed to investigate the carrier dynamics and static gain saturation in graded-index separate confinement heterostructure quantumwell laser structures. The calculated electron relaxation times and gain compression coefficient show good agreement with published experiments.

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    Y. L. Lam

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, 48109-2122, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    J. Singh

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Lam, Y.L., Singh, J. Carrier dynamics and gain saturation in quantum-well lasers. Opt Quant Electron 26, S757–S765 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326660

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