DEGRADATION MECHANISM OF ALGAAS/GAAS LASER-DIODES GROWN ON SI SUBSTRATES

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EGAWA, T
HASEGAWA, Y
JIMBO, T
UMENO, M
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[1] Research Center for Micro-Structure Devices, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, Gokiso-cho
[2] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, Gokiso-cho
[3] Research Center for Micro-Structure Devices, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, Gokiso-cho
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10.1063/1.114930
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have studied the rapid degradation of the AlGaAs/GaAs single quantum well laser diodes on Si substrates grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The dislocations propagate at velocities up to similar to 75 mu m/h along [100] and similar to 20 mu m/h along [110], which cause an increase in threshold current and a decrease in differential quantum efficiency. The degraded current-voltage characteristic resulted from the defect-assisted impurity diffusion. The degradation process occurs very rapidly due to the presence of a high density of defects and thermally induced strain. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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