MICROSCOPIC PHOTOLUMINESCENCE CHARACTERIZATION OF 1.3-MU-M INASP/INGAASP STRAINED MULTIQUANTUM WELLS AND LASER-DIODES

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NAKAO, M
OOHASHI, H
HIRONO, T
KAMADA, H
SUGIURA, H
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[1] NTT Opto-electronics Laboratories, Wakamiya, Atsugi
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10.1063/1.359978
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This paper presents results of a microscopic photoluminescence (mu-PL) characterization of strained InAs0.5P0.5/InGaAsP multiquantum well (MQW) crystals with a series of well numbers (n=2-14). This method is useful in detecting misfit dislocations in the crystals, especially at the initial stage of their generation. The mu-PL intensity profile measurements of a laser diode (LD) cavity shows the intensity, being mainly influenced by the [0(1) over bar1$]-directed misfit dislocations, is closely correlated to the threshold current of the LD. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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