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Title: The use of spatially ordered arrays of etched holes for fabrication of single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers based on submonolayer InGaAs quantum dots

Journal Article · · Semiconductors
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute (Russian Federation)
  2. St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (LETI) (Russian Federation)
  3. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Physics and Technology Center for Research and Education (Russian Federation)
  4. NL-Nanosemiconductors GmbH (Germany)
  5. Industrial Technology Research Institute (China)

To suppress the generation of high-order modes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers based on submonolayer InGaAs quantum dots, the method of formation of a spatially ordered array of etched holes in the upper distributed Bragg reflector was used. Single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for spectral region of 990 nm with current-aperture diameter of 20 {mu}m, threshold current 0.9 mA, and maximum output power 3.8 mW at room temperature were demonstrated. Single-mode lasing with the coefficient of side-mode suppression in excess of 35 dB is retained in the entire range of pump currents. A decrease in the current oxide aperture to sizes that are close to those of the optical aperture brings about an increase in the external quantum efficiency; however, in this case, the transition to the multimode of lasing is observed at high pump currents.

OSTI ID:
21087987
Journal Information:
Semiconductors, Vol. 41, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063782607100181; Copyright (c) 2007 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English