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Main mechanisms of internal carrier losses and leakage from the ground
state of quantum dots have been studied in heterostructure lasers bas
ed on vertically coupled quantum dots. It has been shown that the thre
shold current density may be reduced down to 15 A/cm(2) at room temper
ature by reducing the non-radiative recombination and improving the ca
rrier localization.