Room Temperature CW Operation of GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb Quantum Well Lasers Emitting in the 2.2 to 2.3µm Wavelength Range

1999 ◽  
Vol 607 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mermelstein ◽  
S. Simanowski ◽  
M. Mayer ◽  
R. Kiefer ◽  
J. Schmitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Internal Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Optical Cavity ◽  
Light Output ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Type I ◽  
Material System ◽  
Cw Operation ◽  
Cavity Laser

AbstractWe report on room temperature cw operation of type-I semiconductor quantum well (QW) laser diodes based on the GaInAsSb/AIGaAsSb/GaSb material system emitting beyond 2.2 µm. Lasing is observed in cw mode up to at least 320 K. A high internal quantum efficiency of 65% and a low internal loss coefficient of 5 cm1have been achieved for a single QW (SQW)large optical cavity laser at 280 K. An extrapolated threshold current density for infinite cavity length of 144 A/cm2and 55 A/cm2has been deduced for the 3 QW and SQW lasers, respectively, which scales with the number of QWs. A maximum cw light output power of 230 mW at 280 K heatsink temperature was obtained for a 3 QW large optical cavity laser with HR/AR coated mirror facets, mounted substrate-side down.

scholarly journals Characteristics Of Room Temperature-CW Operated InGaN Multi-Quantum-Well-Structure Laser Diodes

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Carrier Density ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Laser Diodes ◽  
Gain Coefficient ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Quantum Well Structure ◽  
Multi Quantum Well ◽  
Structure Laser

The continuous-wave (CW) operation of InGaN multi-quantum-well-structure laser diodes (LDs) was demonstrated at room temperature (RT) with a lifetime of 35 hours. The threshold current and the voltage of the LDs were 80 mA and 5.5 V, respectively. The threshold current density was 3.6 kA/cm2. When the temperature of the LDs was varied, large mode hopping of the emission wavelength was observed. The carrier lifetime and the threshold carrier density were estimated to be 2-10 ns and 1-2 × 1020/cm3, respectively. From the measurements of gain spectra and an external differential quantum efficiency dependence on the cavity length, the differential gain coefficient, the transparent carrier density, threshold gain and internal loss were estimated to be 5.8×10−17 cm2, 9.3×1019 cm−3, 5200 cm−1 and 43 cm−1, respectively.

scholarly journals Room Temperature CW Operation of GaN-based Blue Laser Diodes by GaInN/GaN optical guiding layers

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Koike ◽  
Shiro Yamasaki ◽  
Yuta Tezen ◽  
Seiji Nagai ◽  
Sho Iwayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Laser Diodes ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Crystal Defects ◽  
Blue Laser ◽  
Buffer Layers ◽  
Continuous Wave Laser ◽  
Cw Operation ◽  
First Time

GaN-based short wavelength laser diodes are the most promising key device for a digital versatile disk. We have been improving the important points of the laser diodes in terms of optical guiding layers, mirror facets. The continuous wave laser irradiation at room temperature could be achieved successfully by reducing the threshold current to 60 mA (4 kA/cm2). We have tried to apply the multi low temperature buffer layers to the laser diodes for the first time to reduce the crystal defects.

1.5 micron InAs quantum dot lasers based on metamorphic InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures.

2003 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Ustinov ◽  
A.E. Zhukov ◽  
A.R. Kovsh ◽  
N.A. Maleev ◽  
S.S. Mikhrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Active Region ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Gaas Substrate ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Internal Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Characteristic Temperature ◽  
Optical Loss ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Temperature Threshold

ABSTRACT1.5 micron range emission has been realized using the InAs quantum dots embedded into the metamorphic InGaAs layer containing 20% of InAs grown by MBE on a GaAs substrate. Growth regimes were optimized to reduce significantly the density of dislocations propagating into the active layer from the lattice mismatched interface. 2 mm long InGaAs/InGaAlAs lasers with 10 planes of quantum dots in the active region showed threshold current density about 1.4 kA/cm2 with the external differential efficiency as high as 38%. Lasing wavelength depends on the optical loss being in the 1.44–1.49 micron range at room temperature. On increasing the temperature the wavelength reaches 1.515 micron at 85C while the threshold current characteristic temperature of 55–60K was estimated. High internal quantum efficiency (η>60%)and low internal losses (α=3–4 cm ) were realized. Maximum room temperature output power in pulsed regime as high as 5.5 W for 100 micron wide stripe was demonstrated. Using the same concept 1.3 micron InGaAs/InGaAlAs quantum well lasers were fabricated. The active region contained quantum wells with high (∼40%) indium content which was possible due to the intermediate InGaAs strain relaxation layer. 1 mm stripe lasers showed room temperature threshold current densities about 3.3 kA/cm (λ=1.29 micron) and 400 A/cm2 at 85K. Thus, the use of metamorphic InGaAs layers on GaAs substrate is a very promising approach for increasing the emission wavelength of GaAs based lasers.

Characteristics and Growth of Strained-Layer InGaAs/GaInAsP/GaInP Quantum Well Lasers

1992 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Zhang ◽  
A. Ovtchinnikov ◽  
J. Näppi ◽  
H. Asonen
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Internal Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Gain Coefficient ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Quantum Well Lasers ◽  
Field Pattern ◽  
Single Quantum Well ◽  
Strained Layer ◽  
Waveguide Loss ◽  
Far Field Pattern

ABSTRACTStrained-layer InGaAs/GalnAsP/GalnP separate-confinement-heterostructure quantum well lasers emitting at 980 nm have been developed. The lowest threshold current densities obtained for the single-quantum-well and three-quantum-well lasers are 72 and 150 A/cm2, respectively. The internal quantum efficiency is as high as 94 %, and the internal waveguide loss 5.4 cm−1. The transparency current density and gain coefficient are 33 A/cm2 per well and 0.091 μm A−1, respectively. High characteristic temperatures ranging from 220 to 280 K was obtained. The vertical and lateral full-width at half-maximum of the far-field pattern of the ridge waveguide laser are 47° and 13°, respectively. The results are comparable with the best values reported for the InGaAs/AlGaAs lasers.

Near Room Temperature CW Operation of 660 nm Visible AlGaAs Multi-Quantum-Well Laser Diodes Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (Part 2, No. 12) ◽  
pp. L911-L913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetoshi Iwamura ◽  
Tadashi Saku ◽  
Yoshiro Hirayama ◽  
Yoshifumi Suzuki ◽  
Hiroshi Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Beam Epitaxy ◽  
Quantum Well ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Laser Diodes ◽  
Quantum Well Laser ◽  
Cw Operation ◽  
Multi Quantum Well

QUANTUM WELL LASERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

1996 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 373-381
Author(s):  
LIANGHUI CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Laser Diode ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Optical Fiber Communication ◽  
Threshold Current ◽  
Threshold Current Density ◽  
Quantum Well Lasers ◽  
Material System ◽  
High Modulation ◽  
Low Threshold

Quantum well lasers have attracted a great deal of attention by their many advantages such as low threshold current density, excellent temperature feature, high modulation rate and wavelength adjustability etc. The investigation on quantum well laser in mainland China started in the early 80s. AlGaAs/GaAs QW laser diode and InGaAs/GaAs strained layer QW laser diode have been developed using MBE technology with extremely low threshold current and high T0. Now the growth technologies for QW structure have been expanded to MOCVD technology. Emission wavelengths, on longer wavelength sides have been expanded up to 1.3 µm and 1.55 µm with InGaAsP/InP material system for application in optical fiber communication. On shorter wavelength sides, the emission wavelength has been expanded to lower than 670 nm, for applications in optical information processing. The characteristics of these devices will be demonstrated in this paper. The QW-DFB LD and low-dimension quantum wire and quantum dot lasers are under investigation.

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