Abstract:
A detailed theoretical analysis of stability in a quantum dash
distributed Bragg reflector DBR laser is presented under the smallsignal
condition. The influence of p-type doping and inhomogeneous line
broadening on the hysteresis width of the quantum dash DBR laser is
studied using a rate equation model that includes all of the multidiscrete
energy levels in the valence and conduction bands. Our calculations
show that a large hysteresis width is obtained by detuning the laser by
10 meV above the ground state energy and doping the dashes by
acceptor concentration NA=3.71017 cm?3. Also we find that a large
self-pulsation frequency is obtained by detuning the laser by ?15 meV
from the ground state energy and doping the dashes by NA=2.5
1017 cm?3. The laser hysteresis width can be greatly reduced by doping
the dashes with NA11018 cm?3.