Research Article

Modeling of Millimeter-Wave Modulation Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers under Strong Optical Feedback

Table 1

Definition and numerical values of the solitary high-speed laser parameters.

SymbolDefinitionValue

Wavelength1.55 μm
Active layer volume3 × 10−17 m3
Group velocity8.33 × 107 m/s
Active layer length120 μm
Differential gain coefficient8.25 × 10−12 m2
Carrier number at transparency3.69 × 107 m−3
Linewidth enhancement factor3.5
Confinement factor0.15
Photon lifetime1.69 ps
Spontaneous emission lifetime776 ps
Front facet reflectivity0.2
Back facet reflectivity0.6
Spontaneous emission factor3 × 10−5
Nonlinear gain suppression factor2.77 × 10−23 m3