Li Xun. Optoelectronic Devices. Design, Modeling, and Simulation

Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 373 p.The underlying physics in device operation
Modeling and simulation methodologies
Device modeling aspects
Device modeling techniques
Overview
Optical models
The wave equation in active media
The reduced wave equation in the time domain
The reduced wave equation in the space domain
The reduced wave equation in both time and space domains − the traveling wave model
Broadband optical traveling wave models
Separation of spatial and temporal dependences − the standing wave model
Photon rate and phase equations − the behavior model
The spontaneous emission noise treatment
Material model I: Semiconductor band structures
Single electron in bulk semiconductors
Single electron in semiconductor quantum well structures
Single electron in strained layer structures
Summary of the k−p theory
Material model II: Optical gain
A comprehensive model with many-body effect
The free-carrier model as a zeroth order solution
The screened Coulomb interaction model as a first order solution
The many-body correlation model as a second order solution
Carrier transport and thermal diffusion models
The carrier transport model
The carrier rate equation model
The thermal diffusion model
Solution techniques for optical equations
The optical mode in the cross-sectional area
Traveling wave equations
Standing wave equations
Solution techniques for material gain equations
Single electron band structures
Material gain calculations
Parameterization of material properties
Solution techniques for carrier transport and thermal diffusion equations
The static carrier transport equation
The transient carrier transport equation
The carrier rate equation
The thermal diffusion equation
Numerical analysis of device performance
A general approach
Device performance analysis
Model calibration and validation
Design and modeling examples of semiconductor laser diodes
Design and modeling of the active region for optical gain
Design and modeling of the cross-sectional structure for optical and carrier confinement
Design and modeling of the cavity for lasing oscillation
Design and modeling examples of other solitary optoelectronic devices
The electro-absorption modulator
The semiconductor optical amplifier
The superluminescent light emitting diode
Design and modeling examples of integrated optoelectronic devices
The integrated semiconductor distributed feedback laser and electro-absorption modulator
The integrated semiconductor distributed feedback laser and monitoring photodetector
Appendices
Lowdin’s renormalization theory
Integrations in the many-body gain model
Cash−Karp’s implementation of the fifth order Runge−Kutta method
The solution of sparse linear equations