Many-body effects in the propagation of short pulses in a semiconductor amplifier

Robert A. Indik; Jerome V. Moloney; Rolf H. Binder; Weng W. Chow; Andreas Knorr; Stephan W. Koch

doi:10.1117/12.212537

19 June 1995 Many-body effects in the propagation of short pulses in a semiconductor amplifier

Robert A. Indik, Jerome V. Moloney, Rolf H. Binder, Weng W. Chow, Andreas Knorr, Stephan W. Koch

Proceedings Volume 2399, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212537
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch equations provide a model that is grounded in the fundamental physics of semiconductors which include a variety of many body effects. Many of these effects are particularly noticeable when the semiconductor is probed with ultrashort pulses. We present computational results describing the computed behavior of model equations which describe the propagation of femto-second pulses in bulk GaAs. It is shown how the inclusion of additional physics modifies the predictions of the model. Among the effects that are discussed are plasma heating, plasma cooling, self-focusing, and memory effects.

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Robert A. Indik, Jerome V. Moloney, Rolf H. Binder, Weng W. Chow, Andreas Knorr, and Stephan W. Koch "Many-body effects in the propagation of short pulses in a semiconductor amplifier", Proc. SPIE 2399, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices III, (19 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212537

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