Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers

The detailed and comprehensive presentation is unique in that it encourages the reader to consider different semiconductor lasers from different angles. Emphasis is placed on recognizing common concepts such operating principles and structure, and solving problems based on individual situations. The treatment is enhanced by an historical account of advances in semiconductor lasers over the years, discussing both those ideas that have persisted over the years and those that have faded out.

Preface - Band Structures (Introduction, Bulk Structures, Quantum Structures, Super Lattices), Optical Transitions (Introduction, Light Emitting Processes, Spontaneous Emission, Simulated Emission, and Absorption, Optical Gains), Optical Waveguides (Introduction, Two-Dimensional Optical Waveguides, Three-Dimensional Optical Waveguides), Optical Resonators (Introduction, Fabry-Perot Cavity, DFB and DBR), Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers (Key Elements in Semiconductor Lasers, Threshold Gain, Radiation Efficiency, Current versus Light-Output ( I-L ) Characteristics, Current versus Voltage ( I-V ) Characteristics, Derivative Characteristics, Polarization of LIght, Parameters and Specifications, Two-mode Operation, Transverse Modes, Longitudinal Modes, Modulation Characteristics, Noisesm Degradations and Lifetime), Dynamic Single Mode LDs (Introduction, DFB-LDs and DBR-LDs, Surface emitting LDs, Coupled Cavity LDs), Quantum Well LDs (Introduction, Features of Quantum Well LDs, Strained Quantum Well LDs, Requirements for Fabrication), Control of Spontaneous Emission (Introduction, Spntaneious Emission [Fermi's Golden Rule, Spontaneous Emission in a Free Space, Spontaneous Emission in a Microcavity, Fluctuations in the Vacuum Field] Microcavity LDs, Photon Recycling), Appendicies: Cyclotron Resonance , Time-Independent Perturbation Theory, Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory, TE-Mode and TM-Mode, Characteristic Matrix in Discrete Approach, Free Carrier Absorption and Plasma Effect, Relative Intensity Noise (RIN), References, Index