Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2008
In this paper, the effect of temperature of operation on the turn-on time delay, t d , of semiconductor laser has been re-studied theoretically. We derived a full analytical and exact expression to determine t d in terms of nonradiative, radiative, Auger recombination coefficients, cavity dimensions, threshold carrier density (and in turn threshold current density), injected current and temperature of operation. The temperature dependence (TD) of t d was calculated through the TD of threshold carrier density. The TD of threshold carrier density was calculated according to the TD of cavity parameters and not by the well-known exponential Pankove relation via the use of characteristics temperature and current. A complete agreement between the values of t d calculated by our proposed model and the numerical method, was shown through the simulation results.