title: Carrier-induced refractive-index-change in quantum-well lasers.
abstract: We investigated the loaded gain and the carrier-induced refractive-index change in quantum-well lasers. A quantum-well laser is found typically to have a higher gain and a smaller refractive-index change than a conventional diode laser. We also found that the gain and the refractive-index change for these two types of semiconductor lasers saturate similarly, with the refractive index being a much weaker function of laser intensity.
authors.affiliation: Hughes Aircraft Company, 1600 Randolph Court, S.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Depatie