Abstract

The advent of quantum well semiconductor crystal growth technology has made possible a new generation of optoelectronic devices. Chief among these are the quantum well laser and modulators and detectors based on the quantum confined Stark effect. The talk will illustrate how the basic quantum well physics gives rise to this new phenomena which are used in these devices. The talk will also describe actual devices which depend on the quantum well physics. These include the ultralow-threshold semiconductor laser, monolithic Q-switched semiconductor lasers, and a new generation of tunable p-i-n detectors.

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