Among Professor Arthur Gossard’s many contributions to crystal growth are those resulting in important improvements in the quality and performance of quantum-well and quantum-dot semiconductor lasers. In celebration of his 85th birthday, we review the development of a semiconductor laser theory that is motivated and guided, in part, by those advances. This theory combines condensed matter theory and laser physics to provide understanding at a microscopic level, i.e., in terms of electrons and holes, and their interaction with the radiation field while influenced by the lattice.

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量子受限器件制造对半导体激光理论的影响

亚瑟·高萨德（Arthur Gossard）教授对晶体生长的许多贡献是那些导致量子阱和量子点半导体激光器的质量和性能得到重大改善的贡献。为了庆祝他的85岁生日，我们回顾了半导体激光理论的发展，该理论在一定程度上受这些进步的激励和指导。该理论结合了凝聚态理论和激光物理学，从而在微观层面上提供了理解，例如，在电子和空穴以及受晶格影响的情况下，它们与辐射场的相互作用。