“…Although remarkable progress [1][2][3][4][5][6] has been reported, such as a very low threshold current density (16 A/cm 2 ) [4] and a very high characteristic temperature (320 K) [5], these achievements were made with QD lasers grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). In comparison, the advance in QD lasers fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) lags behind that by MBE, and the performance of QD lasers by MOCVD [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] is far inferior to those by MBE [5][6][7]. In terms of high growth rates in mass production requirement or application to optical integrated devices that require regrowth or selective area growth, it would be greatly beneficial to realize QD lasers fabricated by MOCVD.…”