LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT 1.5-MU-M BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURE LASERS USING STRAINED QUATERNARY QUANTUM-WELLS

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OSINSKI, JS [1 ]
GRODZINSKI, P [1 ]
ZOU, Y [1 ]
DAPKUS, PD [1 ]
KARIM, Z [1 ]
TANGUAY, AR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SO CALIF,NATL CTR INTEGRATED PHOTON TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT ENGN,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
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10.1109/68.180560
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Buried heterostructure lasers operating at a wavelength of 1.5 mum with four compressively strained quaternary quantum wells (strain approximately 1.8%, thickness approximately 90 angstrom) and current blocking layers were made using atmospheric pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. We report pulsed room temperature threshold currents for uncoated devices as low as 4.1 mA, and as low as 0.8 mA for devices with high reflectivity mirror coatings. The dependence of threshold current on active region width is consistent with broad-area laser measurements made on the same starting wafer.
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