Optoelectronic Devices: Advanced Simulation and Analysis

✍ Scribed by S. W. Koch, J. Hader, A. Thränhardt, J. V. Moloney (auth.), Joachim Piprek (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 457
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Optoelectronic devices transform electrical signals into optical signals and vice versa by utilizing the sophisticated interaction of electrons and light within micro- and nano-scale semiconductor structures. Advanced software tools for design and analysis of such devices have been developed in recent years. However, the large variety of materials, devices, physical mechanisms, and modeling approaches often makes it difficult to select appropriate theoretical models or software packages. This book presents a review of devices and advanced simulation approaches written by leading researchers and software developers. It is intended for scientists and device engineers in optoelectronics, who are interested in using advanced software tools. Each chapter includes the theoretical background as well as practical simulation results that help to better understand internal device physics. The software packages used in the book are available to the public, on a commercial or noncommercial basis, so that the interested reader is quickly able to perform similar simulations.

✦ Table of Contents

Gain and Absorption: Many-Body Effects....Pages 1-25
Fabry-Perot Lasers: Temperature and Many-Body Effects....Pages 27-61
Fabry-Perot Lasers: Thermodynamics-Based Modeling....Pages 63-85
Distributed Feedback Lasers: Quasi-3D Static and Dynamic Model....Pages 87-119
Multisection Lasers: Longitudinal Modes and their Dynamics....Pages 121-150
Wavelength Tunable Lasers: Time-Domain Model for SG-DBR Lasers....Pages 151-184
Monolithic Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 185-215
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: Single-Mode Control and Self-Heating Effects....Pages 217-247
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: High-Speed Performance and Analysis....Pages 249-292
GaN-based Light-Emitting Diodes....Pages 293-312
Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 313-341
Charge-Coupled Devices....Pages 343-380
Infrared HgCdTe Optical Detectors....Pages 381-403
Monolithic Wavelength Converters: Many-Body Effects and Saturation Analysis....Pages 405-426
Active Photonic Integrated Circuits....Pages 427-448

✦ Subjects

Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices;Numerical and Computational Methods;Numerical and Computational Methods in Engineering