Abstract

The effect of phonon bottleneck on quantum-dot laser performance is examined by solving the carrier-photon rate equations including the carrier relaxation process into the quantum-dot ground state. We show that the retarded carrier relaxation due to phonon bottleneck degrades the threshold current and the external quantum efficiency. We also show that quantum-dot lasers are quite sensitive to the crystal quality outside as well as inside quantum dots. Our results clarified that the relaxation lifetime should be less than about 10 ps to fully utilize the laser potential originating from the quantum-dot discrete energy states.

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