Low-threshold piezoelectric-strained InGaAs-GaAs QW lasers grown on (211)B oriented GaAs substrates

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Sale, TE [1 ]
Roberts, JS [1 ]
Whitbread, ND [1 ]
Robson, PN [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,SHEFFIELD S1 4DU,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
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10.1109/68.508711
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We report the operation of strained layer In0.20Ga0.80As quantum well lasers grown on (211)B GaAs substrates, thus incorporating a piezoelectric field. Growth was by atmospheric pressure metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). The threshold current density of a 1000 mu m x 75 mu m device is 91 A . cm(-2) and waveguide transparency is estimated at 32 A . cm(-2) for a simple separate confinement heterostructure (SCH) emitting at 982 nm.
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