Influence of temperature and optical confinement on threshold current of an InGaAs/InP quantum wire laser

In this paper, we investigate the influence of the temperature on gain and threshold current density of a V-groove quantum wire InGaAs/InP laser. The calculation shows that room-temperature operation can be achieved if the optical confinement is large enough (0.26% in our case), while its slight improvement above this limit (around 0.4%) can provide a significant reduction of the threshold current (more than 70%) and an improved temperature stability of the laser.