Symbols

Description

Value

L

Length

187.5 μm

Icurrent

Current injected in the active layer

0.13 Ampere

vg

Group velocity

108 m/sec

γ

Line-width enhancement

−0.5

Gain saturation

1.5 × 10−23 m3

Θ

Overlap factor

0.35

V

Cavity volume

0.18 × 10−16 m3

τcar

Non-radiative recombination in nonlinear sections

1 nsec

τg

Non-radiative recombination in the active layer

3 nsec

B

Radiative Recombination

10−23 m3/sec

C

Auger recombination

3 × 10−40 m6/sec

Differential gain at ω1

4 × 10−20 m2

Ntr

Transparency carrier density

1023 m−3