VISIBLE-SPECTRUM (LAMBDA=650 NM) PHOTOPUMPED (PULSED, 300 K) LASER OPERATION OF A VERTICAL-CAVITY ALAS-ALGAAS/INALP-INGAP QUANTUM-WELL HETEROSTRUCTURE UTILIZING NATIVE-OXIDE MIRRORS

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作者
RIES, MJ
HOLONYAK, N
CHEN, EI
MARANOWSKI, SA
ISLAM, MR
HOLMES, AL
DUPUIS, RD
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[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] UNIV TEXAS,MICROELECTR RES CTR,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1063/1.114976
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Data are presented on the 300 K photopumped (pulsed) laser operation of a visible-spectrum (lambda=650 nm) A1As-A1GaAs/InA1P-LnGaP quantum-well heterostructure (QWH)crystal that utilizes high-index-contrast A1As-native-oxide/A1(0.6)Ga(0.4)As distributed Bragg reflector mirrors. The mirrors are formed by the lateral oxidation (H2O+N-2, 425 degrees C) of two sets of four ''buried'' A1As layers that are separated by A1(0.6)Ga(0.4)As. These mirrors, which create a high-e cavity in the vertical direction, ''sandwich'' a one-wavelength InA1P-InGaP QW active region, thus forming a compact microcavity that ''tunes'' the carrier scattering and recombination into a narrow spectrum (similar to 25 Angstrom) and supports laser operation in the vertical direction. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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