Original Research
Confinement factor and carrier recombination of InGaAsP/InP quantum well lasers
E. M. T. Salman
a
M. R. Jobayr
b
H. K. Hassun
a

aDepartment of Physics, College of Education for Pure Science (Ibn-AL-

Haitham)/University of Baghdad, Iraq

bDept. Radiology Technology/College of Health and Medical Technology / Middle Technical University (MTU), Iraq


Journal of Ovonic Research 2022, 18(4),617-625; https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2022.184.617
Submitted:Apr 12, 2022
Accepted:Aug 17, 2022
Published:Sept 09, 2022
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Cite This Article
E. M. T. Salman ,M. R. Jobayr ,H. K. Hassun . (2022). Journal of Ovonic Research. Confinement factor and carrier recombination of InGaAsP/InP quantum well lasers, 18(4), ,617-625. https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2022.184.617
Abstract

Low-dimensional materials have attracted significant attention in developing and enhancing the performance of quantum well lasers due to their extraordinary unique properties. The optical confinement factor is one of the most effective parameters for evaluating the optimal performance of a semiconductor laser diode when used to measure the optical gain and current threshold. The optical confinement factor and the radiative recombination of single quantum wells (SQW) and multi-quantum wells (MQW) for InGaAsP/InP have been theoretically studied using both radiative and Auger coefficients.

Quantum well width, barrier width, and number of quantum wells were all looked at to see how these things changed the optical confinement factor and radiative and non-radiative recombination coefficients for multi-quantum well structures. It was found that the optical confinement factor increases with an increase in the number of wells. The largest value of the optical confinement factor was determined when the number of wells was five at any width. The optical confinement coefficient was 0.23, 0.216, and 0.203 for the number of wells (3, 4, and 5) and well width (27, 19.5, and 15) nm, respectively. In addition, the radiative recombination coefficient increases with the width of the quantum well after 5 nm, and it is much bigger than that ofits bulk counterparts.

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