INFLUENCE OF CARRIER COOLING ON THE EMISSION DYNAMICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS

Authors
HILPERT M HOFMANN M ELLMERS C OESTREICH M SCHNEIDER HC JAHNKE F KOCH SW RUHLE WW WOLF HD BERNKLAU D RIECHERT H
Citation
M. Hilpert et al., INFLUENCE OF CARRIER COOLING ON THE EMISSION DYNAMICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY LASERS, Physica status solidi. b, Basic research, 204(1), 1997, pp. 548-551
Citations number
9
Journal title
Physica status solidi. b, Basic research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03701972
Volume
204
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
548 - 551
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-1972(1997)204:1<548:IOCCOT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We investigate the influence of carrier relaxation on the emission dyn amics of a semiconductor microcavity laser. The structure is optically excited with energies of 1.477 down to 1.346 eV (resonant excitation) . The stimulated emission dynamics clearly becomes faster for decreasi ng excitation energy and the influence of the light hole on the emissi on dynamics is demonstrated. Theoretical calculations reproduce the re sults only if the nonequilibrium carrier dynamics is treated on the ba sis of a microscopic model.