Suppression of electron and hole leakage in 1.3 μm AlGaInAs/InP quantum well lasers using multiquantum barrier

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作者
Pan, JW [1 ]
Chau, KG [1 ]
Chyi, JI [1 ]
Tu, YK [1 ]
Liaw, JW [1 ]
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[1] Natl Cent Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Chungli 320, Taiwan
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10.1063/1.121285
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The slope efficiency and threshold current density of 1.3 mu m AlGaInAs/InP lasers with AlInAs-AlGaInAs multiquantum barrier (MQB) are experimentally studied and compared with the conventional step-index separate confinement heterostructure (SCH) laser. With the MQBs at the guiding layers, the characteristic temperature can be improved as much as 10 K as compared with the conventional SCH laser. This is attributed to the suppression of electron and hole leakage currents. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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