Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials [Hardcover]

Weng W. Chow (Author), Stephan W. Koch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3540641661 | ISBN-13: 978-3540641667 | Publication Date: August 27, 1999 | Edition: 1

This in-depth title discusses the underlying physics and operational principles of semiconductor lasers. It analyzes the optical and electronic properties of the semiconductor medium in detail, including quantum confinement and gain-engineering effects. The text also includes recent developments in blue-emitting semiconductor lasers.

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"This book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium...a wealth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications." --Optik

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This book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium. The optical and electronic properties of semiconductors, particularly semiconductor quantum-well systems, are analyzed in detail, covering a wide variety of near-infrared systems with or without strain, as well as wide-gap materials such as the group-III nitride compounds or the II-VI materials. The important bandstructure modifications and Coulomb interaction effects are discussed, including the solution of the longstanding semiconductor laser lineshape problem. Quantitative comparisons between measured and predicted gain/absorption and refractive index spectra for a wide variety of semiconductor-laser materials enable the theoretical results to be used directly in the engineering of advanced laser and amplifier structures. A walth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540641661
• ISBN-13: 978-3540641667
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,385,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Clarity problem in explanation of equations, May 20, 2007

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M. Jain "MannyJ" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials (Hardcover)

This book looks and IS good when it comes down to going through complicated optical gain calculations. However, I feel the book expects reader to know important and advanced fundamentals of lasers which it does not go through in the book and may prove disadvantage to both advanced and beginner researchers interested in semiconductor lasers. The book includes many complex equations but they are, in my opinion, not explicitly explained in the text. In addition, what I found most disappointing about the book is that there were no examples to demonstrate gain calculations on any material (like GaAs-AlGaAs etc), which would really help in modeling a quantum well structure.

3.0 out of 5 stars not an introductory book, November 12, 2005

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This review is from: Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials (Hardcover)

Engineering students may have a hard time to understand this book.