High-power temperature-insensitive gain-offset InGaAs/GaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.195980· OSTI ID:6536547

Young, D B; Scott, J W; Peters, F H; Thibeault, B J; Corzine, S W; Peters, M G; Lee, S L; Coldren, L A ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (United States)

The authors have grown 997 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with an offset between the wavelength of the cavity mode and the quantum well gain peak to improve high temperature operation, and with higher aluminum-content barriers around the active region to improve the carrier confinement. They fabricated lasers of 8-15 and 20 [mu]m diameters. The 8[mu]m diameter devices exhibited CW operation up to 140 C with little change in threshold current from 15 C, and the 20[mu]m diameter devices showed CW output power of 11 mW at 25 C without significant heat-sinking.

• OSTI ID: 6536547
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 5:2; ISSN 1041-1135; ISSN IPTLEL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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