Selection of modes in transverse-mode waveguides for semiconductor lasers based on asymmetric heterostructures
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute (Russian Federation)
Asymmetric Al{sub 0.3}Ga{sub 0.7}As/GaAs/InGaAs heterostructures with a broadened waveguide produced by the method of MOCVD epitaxy are studied. It is established that the precision shift of the active region to one of the cladding layers ensures the generation of the chosen mode of high order in the transverse broadened waveguide. It is experimentally established that this shift brings about an increase in internal optical losses and a decrease in the internal quantum efficiency of stimulated emission. It is shown experimentally that the shift of the active region to the n-type cladding layer governs the sublinear form of the power-current characteristic for semiconductor lasers; in the case of a shift of the active region towards the p-type cladding layer, the laser diodes demonstrated a linear dependence of optical power on the pump current in the entire range of pump currents.
- OSTI ID:
- 21260434
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 43, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063782609010229; Copyright (c) 2009 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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