Threshold current density of solution-grown GaAs laser diodes with a Fabry-Perot cavity were measured at 77 and 300°K by varying the acceptor concentration in the

region N
a. Threshold current density was lower in the series of diodes with larger values of N
athan in the series of diodes with smaller values of N
afor the diode length between 0.1 and 1 mm. Through these experiments diodes with the threshold current density as low as

A/cm
2at 77°K and

A/cm
2at 300°K for the diode length of 1 mm, and as low as 10
3A/cm
2at 77°K and

A/cm
2at 300°K for the diode length of 0.1 mm were obtained.