(GAAS)M(ALAS)N SHORT-PERIOD SUPERLATTICE QUANTUM-WELL LASERS

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作者
CHAND, N [1 ]
DUTTA, NK [1 ]
LOPATA, J [1 ]
HULL, R [1 ]
GEVA, M [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS, CTR SOLID STATE TECHNOL, BREINIGSVILLE, PA 18031 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1063/1.353155
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We report on the fabrication and performance characteristics of (GaAs)3/(AlAs)1 short-period superlattice (SPS) quantum-well lasers emitting at 737 nm. The SPSs consists of eight periods of 3 and 1 monolayers of GaAs and AlAs, respectively. The (GaAs)m/(AlAs)n SPSs have many advantages over their equivalent AlGaAs alloy counterparts. The broad-area threshold current density, J(th), for 500-mum-long lasers is 510 A cm-2. The 500-mum-long ridge waveguide lasers have a threshold current of 48 mA with a characteristic temperature of 68 K in the temperature range 19-60-degrees-C. The external differential quantum efficiency near threshold is 0.58 mW/mA/facet. The devices lase in a single mode with spectral width within the resolution limit of the spectrometer.
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页码:2085 / 2088
页数:4
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