# PLaSK User Manual

#### Page Contents

- Units in PLaSK

# Units in PLaSK

Property | Unit
--- | ---
Physical dimensions | µm
Wavelength | nm
Concentration (carriers, electrons, holes) | 1/cm3
Electric potential | V
Electric current density | kA/cm2
Band energy | eV
Heat flux | W/m2 (in 2D Cartesian space), W/m3 (in 3D and cylindrical space)
Light intensity | W/m2
Material gain | 1/cm
- over carriers concentration derivative | cm2
Modal loss/gain | 1/cm
Propagation constant | 1/µm
Temperature | K