Xun Li is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University, Hamilton. Since receiving his Ph.D. from Beijing Jiaotong University in 1988, he has authored and co-authored over 160 technical papers and co-founded Apollo Photonics, Inc., developing one of the company's major software products, 'Advanced Laser Diode Simulator'. He is a Member of the OSA and SPIE, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
1. Introduction
2. Optical models
3. Material model I - semiconductor band structures
4. Material model II - the optical gain
5. Carrier transport and thermal diffusion models
6. Solution techniques for optical equations
7. Solution techniques for material gain equations
8. Solution techniques for carrier transport and thermal diffusion equations
9. Numerical analysis of device performance
10. Design and modeling examples of semiconductor laser diodes
11. Design and modeling examples of other solitary optoelectronic devices
12. Design and modeling examples of integrated optoelectronic devices
Appendices.