The invention provides a
quantum well
laser epitaxial structure and a
quantum well
laser. The epitaxial structure comprises a substrate, a buffer layer, a lower cladding, a lower
waveguide layer, a
quantum well active region, an upper
waveguide layer, an upper cladding and a
contact layer which are stacked in sequence, wherein the lower cladding is used for limiting
laser leakage in a first direction, and the upper cladding is used for limiting laser leakage in a second direction; the
band gap width of the lower
waveguide layer is between the lower cladding and the
quantum well active region, the
band gap width of the lower waveguide layer is greater than the
band gap width of the
quantum well active region, and the
refractive index of the lower waveguide layer is greater than the
refractive index of the lower cladding; the
quantum well active region comprises one or more quantum well
layers and
chirp barriers, the quantum well
layers and the
chirp barriers are arranged in an overlapped mode, and the
chirp barriers are used for reflecting electrons and holes so as to limit the electrons and the holes to compositely emit light in the quantum well
layers. According to the epitaxial structure disclosed by the invention, the interaction of
electron holes is enhanced, the optical
gain can be improved, the
threshold current of the device is reduced, and the characteristic temperature is improved.