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Long wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting laser

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OSTI ID:1175469

Selectively oxidized vertical cavity lasers emitting near 1300 nm using InGaAsN quantum wells are reported for the first time which operate continuous wave below, at and above room temperature. The lasers employ two n-type Al.sub.0.94 Ga.sub.0.06 As/GaAs distributed Bragg reflectors each with a selectively oxidized current aperture adjacent to the active region, and the top output mirror contains a tunnel junction to inject holes into the active region. Continuous wave single mode lasing is observed up to 55.degree. C.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation
Patent Number(s):
6,931,042
Application Number:
09/871,492
OSTI ID:
1175469
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

High-frequency modulation of oxide-confined vertical cavity surface emitting lasers journal January 1996
Super-lattice AlAs/AlInAs for lateral-oxide current confinement in InP-based lasers journal December 1998
Room-Temperature Pulsed Operation of GaInNAs Laser Diodes with Excellent High-Temperature Performance journal November 1996
1-mW CW-RT monolithic VCSEL at 1.55 μm journal June 1999
Band Gap Energy and Band Lineup of III-V Alloy Semiconductors Incorporating Nitrogen and Boron journal October 1993
GaInNAs-GaAs long-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes journal February 1998
Gas-Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy of $\bf GaN_{\ninmbi x}As_{1-{\ninmbi x}}$ Using a N Radical as the N Source journal August 1994

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