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The effect of temperature of operation on the turn-on time delay of semiconductor lasers: full analytical and exact expression form
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2008
Abstract
In this paper, the effect of temperature of operation on the turn-on time delay, td, of semiconductor laser has been re-studied theoretically. We derived a full analytical and exact expression to determine td in terms of nonradiative, radiative, Auger recombination coefficients, cavity dimensions, threshold carrier density (and in turn threshold current density), injected current and temperature of operation. The temperature dependence (TD) of td was calculated through the TD of threshold carrier density. The TD of threshold carrier density was calculated according to the TD of cavity parameters and not by the well-known exponential Pankove relation via the use of characteristics temperature and current. A complete agreement between the values of td calculated by our proposed model and the numerical method, was shown through the simulation results.
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