WAVELENGTH TUNABLE 2-PAD RIDGE-WAVE-GUIDE DISTRIBUTED-BRAGG-REFLECTOR INGAAS-GAAS QUANTUM-WELL LASERS

被引:12
作者
SMITH, GM
HUGHES, JS
LAMMERT, RM
OSOWSKI, ML
COLEMAN, JJ
机构
[1] Microelctronics Laboratory University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19940916
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
Carrier injection in the grating section is used to tune the emission wavelength of a single growth step, single frequency, ridge waveguide InGaAs/GaAs quantum well distributed. Bragg reflector laser with two top contacts. Single longitudinal mode emission with over 30dB of sidemode suppression is observed throughout a tuning range of 6 nm with 60 mA of injection current to the grating section. The tuning mechanism for these devices is dominated by current injection heating rather than carrier depression of the refractive index.
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页码:1313 / 1314
页数:2
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