Abstract

In this study, Barlase, a semiconductor laser diode emulation tool, is used to emulate the by-emitter degradation of high power semiconductor laser diodes. Barlase is a software that uses a LabView control interface. We have demonstrated how Barlase works using a hypothetical laser diode bar (multiple emitters) to validate the usefulness of the tool. A scenario using the hypothetical bar was investigated to demonstrate Barlase as follows: random low-level of defects distributed across the bar. The results of the simulation show the successful implementation of Barlase in the by-emitter analysis of laser diodes.

Keywords:

Band gap energy, by-emitter, defect, degradation, emitter, nonradiative recombination, quantum well, slope efficiency, temperature, threshold current,

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