THEORETICAL-STUDY ON INTERVALENCE BAND ABSORPTION IN INP-BASED QUANTUM-WELL LASER STRUCTURES

Authors
CHO TH KIM HS KWON YS HONG SC
Citation
Th. Cho et al., THEORETICAL-STUDY ON INTERVALENCE BAND ABSORPTION IN INP-BASED QUANTUM-WELL LASER STRUCTURES, Applied physics letters, 68(16), 1996, pp. 2183-2185
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
68
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2183 - 2185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)68:16<2183:TOIBAI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Intervalence band absorptions of 1.5 mu m light in various InGaAs/InGa AsP quantum well laser structures are investigated theoretically. The intervalence band absorption formalism based on 6x6 Luttinger-Kohn Ham iltonian is developed. The absorption tends to decrease with the barri er height of quantum wells. The tensile strain in the well causes the absorption to reduce, while the compressive strain causes it to increa se. Also is found that the absorption decreases with increase in tempe rature. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.