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Table 1 The parameters for calculating the intrinsic responses of a PCSEL

From: Performance Analyses of Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Laser: Toward High-Speed Optical Communication

Symbol

Description

Value

Unit

\(v_{{\text{g}}}\)

Group velocity [49]

\(8.575 \times 10^{9}\)

cm/s

\(V_{{\text{a}}}\)

The volume of the active layera

\(2.35 \times 10^{ - 12}\)

cm3

\(a\)

Differential gain of the active layer

\({9} \times 10^{ - 16}\)

cm2

\(\eta_{{\text{i}}}\)

Current injection efficiency [47]

0.8

NA

\(\tau_{{\text{n}}}\)

Carrier lifetime [49]

2

ns

\(\tau_{{\text{p}}}\)

Photon lifetime (Q factor: ~ 104)

5

ps

\(I_{{{\text{th}}}}\)

Threshold current [49]

0.5

mA

  1. aA round emitter of 10 µm in diameter and 30 nm in thickness

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