ZnSe for mirror passivation of high power GaAs based lasers

被引:18
作者
Chand, N [1 ]
Hobson, WS [1 ]
deJong, JF [1 ]
Parayanthal, P [1 ]
Chakrabarti, UK [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,LUCENT TECHNOL,BREINIGSVILLE,PA 18031
关键词
gallium arsenide; semiconductor junction lasers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19961062
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors report a method for passivating vacuum cleaved facets of high power GaAs based lasers using a thin fam of ZnSe formed by molecular beam deposition for preventing facet degradation, and thus for improving their long term stability and reliability at high power operation. ZnSe has a large bandgap of 2.7eV and a lattice constant close to that of GaAs with a lattice mismatch of only 0.23%. ZnSe evaporates congruently at a comparatively low temperature of similar to 750 degrees C from an effusion cell, and deposits as stoichiometric ZnSe film. The authors have used the technique for 980nm InGaAs/lnGaP/GaAs lasers.
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页码:1595 / 1596
页数:2
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