The self-consistent simulation of carrier transport and its effect on the modulation response in semiconductor quantum well lasers

A fully two-dimensional self-consistent quantum well laser simulator called Minilase has been developed. Both the optical and electronic device equations that describe a laser diode are discussed in detail. The dark and radiative recombination processes and the carrier transport mechanisms included in the simulator are first presented. Carrier transport in bulk regions of the device is modeled with drift-diffusion theory, and carrier fluxes at abrupt heterojunctions are treated with ballistic transport derived from thermionic emission theory. In addition, the first treatment of carrier capture in a quantum well laser simulator is presented, and a net capture rate is derived.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Grupen, Matthew Eric

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hess, Karl

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
• Physics, Condensed Matter

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Grupen, Matthew Eric

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512378
(UMI)AAI9512378

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22247