DocumentCode
2633347
Title
Effect of gain saturation and nonradiative recombination on the thermal characteristics of InAs/GaAs 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers
Author
Marko, I.P. ; Masse, N. ; Sweeney, S.J. ; Adams, A.R. ; Sellers, I.R. ; Mowbray, D.J. ; Skolnick, M.S. ; Liu, H.Y. ; Groom, K.M.
Author_Institution
Adv. Technol. Inst., Surrey Univ., UK
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
402
Lastpage
403
Abstract
Gain saturation increases the radiative component, Jrad, of the threshold current density, Jth, and its contribution to the thermal sensitivity of Jth in short cavity or low QD density devices. However, the main cause of their thermal sensitivity is a strong non-radiative recombination.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical saturation; quantum dot lasers; thermo-optical effects; 1.3 mum; InAs-GaAs; InAs/GaAs lasers; gain saturation; low QD density devices; nonradiative recombination; quantum dot lasers; radiative component; short cavity devices; thermal characteristics; thermal sensitivity; threshold current density; Density measurement; Gallium arsenide; Land surface temperature; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum well lasers; Radiative recombination; Space technology; Temperature sensors; Thermal engineering; Threshold current;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548048
Filename
1548048
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