%0 Journal Article %T Two-state competition in 1.3 μm multilayer InAs/InGaAs quantum dot lasers %A Cao, Q. %A Yoon, S. F. %A Tong, C. Z. %A Ngo, C. Y. %A Liu, C. Y. %A Wang, R. %A Zhao, H. X. %J Applied Physics Letters %D 2009 %V 95 %N 19 %F Cao_etal2009 %O exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=673), last updated on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:36:31 -0600 %X The competition of ground state (GS) and excited state (ES) is investigated from the as-grown and thermally annealed 1.3 μm ten-layer p-doped InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) lasers. The modal gain competition between GS and ES are measured and analyzed around the ES threshold characteristics. Our results show that two-state competition is more significant in devices with short cavity length operating at high temperature. By comparing the as-grown and annealed devices, we demonstrate enhanced GS and suppressed ES lasing from the QD laser annealed at 600 °C for 15 s. %K 2DEG %P 3