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Successful utilization of CH{sub 4}/H{sub 2} RIE for the fabrication of 1.3 {micro}m InGaAsP/InP integrated laser with butt-coupled passive waveguides

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OSTI ID:536186
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  1. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Inst., Taejon (Korea, Republic of). Optoelectronics Div.
  2. Chonnam National Univ., Kwangju (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering

The authors obtained uniform and high performance for 1.3 {micro}m InGaAsP/InP buried heterostructure (BH) integrated laser with butt-coupled waveguides using reactive ion etching (RIE) for mesa definition and low-pressure metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (LP-MOVPE) for waveguide and blocking layer regrowth. Measured average coupling efficiency between active layer and passive waveguide layer was over 91% per facet across a quarter of 2-inch InP wafer. And the average threshold current and slope efficiency were 13 mA and 0.26 mW/mA of the 700 {micro}m long integrated laser, respectively. These uniform and high performance was attributed to the uniform etching characteristics of RIE and a slight chemical etching using HBr-based solution for relief of RIE damage.

OSTI ID:
536186
Report Number(s):
CONF-960498--; ISBN 0-7803-3283-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English