Optical gain and threshold current density of strained wurtzite GaN/AlGaN quantum dot lasers



Título del documento: Optical gain and threshold current density of strained wurtzite GaN/AlGaN quantum dot lasers
Revista: Revista mexicana de física
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Número de sistema: 000592429
ISSN: 0035-001X
Autores: 1
3
Instituciones: 1Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Informatics, Chlef, Chlef. Argelia
2Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef, Laboratory for Theoretical Physics and Material Physics, Chlef, Chlef. Argelia
3Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef, Faculty of Technology, Chlef, Chlef. Argelia
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Periodo: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 69
Número: 1
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Resumen en inglés In this work, the influences of biaxial compressive and tensile strains on optical gain and threshold current density are investigated theoretically as a function of the side lengths of the quantum box in the GaN/Al0.2Ga0.8N structure by using a model based on the density matrix theory of semiconductor lasers with relaxation broadening. For various side lengths of the quantum box, we compare the spectra gain curves of compressive, tensile-strained, and unstrained structures of the GaN/Al0.2Ga0.8N cubic quantum-dot (QD) laser. The dependence of peak optical gain on carrier density and the modal gain on current density is plotted too for all cases. The results reveal that many enhancements can be made to the laser structure by introducing - 0.5 % compressive strain: a higher value of optical gain of 18421 cm-1 at L = 60 Å, a lower value of transparency of carrier density of N t r = 0.13 × 1 0 19 cm-3 and transparency current density of J t r = 26.9 A/cm2 and a lower threshold current density of J t h = 78.87 A/cm2 at L = 100 Å.
Keyword: Quantum dot lasers,
Optical gain,
III-N semiconductors,
Biaxial strain,
Threshold current density
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