DOUBLE-HETEROSTRUCTURE OPTOELECTRONIC SWITCH AS A SINGLE QUANTUM-WELL LASER

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TAYLOR, GW
COOKE, P
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10.1063/1.102503
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The double-heterostructure optoelectronic switch (DOES) is demonstrated as an N-channel, single quantum well, graded index laser. As a broad-area device, the DOES exhibits excellent electrical switching characteristics of 12 V and 0.04 A cm-2 at the switching condition and 1.8 V and 3.3 A cm -2 at the holding condition with 8.4×10-4 Ω cm2 on state resistance. As a laser, threshold current densities down to 580 A/cm2, loss of 11 cm-1, slope efficiency of 0.35 mA/mW, and total power conversion efficiency of 45% were obtained.
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