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A laser diode is a device in which an electric current input is converted to an output of photons. The time-dependent relation between the input electric current and the output photons is commonly described by a pair of equations describing the time evolution of photon and carrier densities inside the laser medium. This pair of equations, known as the laser rate equations, is used extensively in the following chapters. It is, therefore, appropriate, in this first chapter, to summarize the results of Moreno [2] regarding the conditions under which the rate equations are applicable.
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Lau, K.Y. (2011). Basic Description of Laser Diode Dynamics by Spatially Averaged Rate Equations: Conditions of Validity. In: Ultra-high Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16458-3_1
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