Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Technology and Engineering East of Guilan, University of Guilan, Rudsar-Vajargah, Iran

Abstract

A typical ridge waveguide laser diode with single GaAs quantum well is theoretically designed and characterized using simulation software PICS3D. The simulator self-consistently combines 3D simulation of carrier transport, self-heating, and optical wave-guiding. Simulation results show that proposed laser structure operates with single mode state at about 0.834 micron with proper threshold current, output power and active region temperature.

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