Mechanism for the nonlinearities of the power--current characteristics of stripe-geometry heterojunction lasers

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5220456

Suris, R A; Shtofich, S V

The power--current characteristics of stripe-geometry heterojunction lasers exhibit nonmonotonic behavior, discontinuities, and hysteresis loops. The difference in the power--current characteristics for different laser designs suggest that the operation of the laser is being affected by the weakly pumped side regions of the active layer: on the sides at the stripe contact. Calculations have been made that suggest that this mechanism is the primary cause for nonlinear p-I characteristics in all stripe lasers particularly for lasers with a lightly doped active layer. (AIP)

• OSTI ID: 5220456
• Journal Information: Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 9:4; ISSN STPLD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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