Proceedings Under Washington\u27s New Statutory Scheme Providing for the Indefinite Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Are Civil, Not Criminal, in Nature

In this Symposium Article, the author discusses the constitutional importance of classifying Washington’s Sexually Violent Predator Act, RCW 71.09.060, as a civil commitment and not a criminal sanction

Proceedings Under Washington\u27s New Statutory Scheme Providing for the Indefinite Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Are Civil, Not Criminal, in Nature

In this Symposium Article, the author discusses the constitutional importance of classifying Washington’s Sexually Violent Predator Act, RCW 71.09.060, as a civil commitment and not a criminal sanction

Comparison of experimental and theoretical gain-current relations in GaInP quantum well lasers

The authors compare the results of a microscopic laser theory with gain and recombination currents obtained from experimental spontaneous emission spectra. The calculated absorption spectrum is first matched to that measured on a laser, ensuring that the quasi-Fermi levels for the calculation and the experiment (spontaneous emission and gain) are directly related. This allows one to determine the inhomogeneous broadening in their experimental samples. The only other inputs to the theory are literature values of the bulk material parameter. The authors then estimate the non-radiative recombination current associated with the well and wave-guide core from a comparison of measured and calculated recombination currents