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Laser diodes and LEDs for fiber optical communication

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Semiconductor Devices for Optical Communication

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Abbreviations

α fc, α out :

Free carrier absorption coefficient and absorption coefficient in passive regions, respectively [cm−1]

αj :

Diode constant

β s :

Constant in gain relation with current density

Γ:

Fraction of wave intensity inside the active region

Δn:

Refractive index step at heterojunction

η c :

Coupling efficiency of diode into fiber

η ext :

Differential external quantum efficiency (laser)

η i :

Internal quantum efficiency η p

η p :

Power efficiency

θ ⊥,θ | :

Beam width at half-intensity in the directions perpendicular and parallel to the junction plane

λ, λL :

Emission wavelength

τ:

Minority carrier lifetime

τ r :

Radiative lifetime

τ nr :

Nonradiatlve lifetime

τ laser :

Operating time for 20%, laser threshold current increase

τ LED :

Operating time for a 50% output reduction from an LED

a o :

Lattice constant (Δa o/α o is the misfit strain)

b:

Exponent in gain relation with current density

B r :

Recombination coefficient [cm3 s−1]

d:

Active region thickness

e:

Electron charge

E g :

Bandgap energy [eV]

f c :

Diode bandwidth

g:

Gain coefficient [cm−1]

I th :

Threshold current [A]

J th :

Threshold current density [A cm−2]

L:

Fabry-Perot cavity length

N.A.:

Numerical aperture of fiber

N e :

Injected electron-hole pair density [cm−3]

P o :

Power emitted

p o, n o :

Equilibrium carrier concentrations in active region (holes, electrons)

R:

Facet reflectivity

R s :

Diode series resistance

S:

Surface recombination velocity [cm s−1]

T o :

Parameter describing temperature dependence of the threshold current (2.12) [K]

V a :

Applied voltage

W:

Stripe width

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