RAMAN MICROPROBE STUDY OF THE TIME DEVELOPMENT OF ALGAAS SINGLE QUANTUM-WELL LASER FACET TEMPERATURE ON ROUTE TO CATASTROPHIC BREAKDOWN

被引:75
作者
TANG, WC [1 ]
ROSEN, HJ [1 ]
VETTIGER, P [1 ]
WEBB, DJ [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,ZURICH RES LAB,CH-8803 RUSCHLIKON,SWITZERLAND
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.104585
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The facet temperature and output power of uncoated AlGaAs single quantum well lasers operated at constant current were measured as a function of time until catastrophical breakdown. The temperature rise is observed to consist of two regimes-an initial linear temperature rise accompanied by a gradual power degradation followed by a rapid nonlinear temperature rise at what appears to be a critical temperature leading to catastrophical optical damage (COD). The time to COD and the pre-COD facet temperature rise rate are found to have a strong dependence on the diode output power. This facet temperature behavior plus the data obtained from an argon laser probe beam induced heating experiment provide valuable information regarding the mechanisms leading to COD.
引用
收藏
页码:557 / 559
页数:3
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]   MAPPING OF LOCAL TEMPERATURES ON MIRRORS OF GAAS/ALGAAS LASER-DIODES [J].
BRUGGER, H ;
EPPERLEIN, PW .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1990, 56 (11) :1049-1051
[2]   DEGRADATION AND LIFETIME STUDIES OF HIGH-POWER SINGLE-QUANTUM-WELL ALGAAS RIDGE LASERS [J].
GFELLER, FR ;
WEBB, DJ .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1990, 68 (01) :14-20
[3]   HIGH-POWER RIDGE-WAVE-GUIDE ALGAAS GRIN-SCH LASER DIODE [J].
HARDER, C ;
BUCHMANN, P ;
MEIER, H .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1986, 22 (20) :1081-1082
[4]   CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE OF ALXGA1-XAS DOUBLE-HETEROSTRUCTURE LASER MATERIAL [J].
HENRY, CH ;
PETROFF, PM ;
LOGAN, RA ;
MERRITT, FR .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1979, 50 (05) :3721-3732
[5]   LOCALIZED TEMPERATURE DYNAMICS OF GAALAS LASER FACETS INVESTIGATED BY RAMAN MICROPROBE MEASUREMENTS [J].
KRANTZ, MC ;
ROSEN, HJ ;
LENTH, W .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1990, 26 (14) :990-992
[6]   THERMODYNAMICS APPROACH TO CATASTROPHIC OPTICAL MIRROR DAMAGE OF ALGAAS SINGLE QUANTUM WELL LASERS [J].
MOSER, A ;
LATTA, EE ;
WEBB, DJ .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 55 (12) :1152-1154
[8]   PROBE BEAM HEATING OF ALGAAS SINGLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER FACETS IN RAMAN MICROPROBE SPECTROSCOPY [J].
TANG, WC ;
ROSEN, HJ ;
BUCHMANN, P ;
VETTIGER, P ;
WEBB, D .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1990, 68 (11) :5930-5932
[9]   TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ALONG THE STRIPED ACTIVE REGION IN HIGH-POWER GAALAS VISIBLE LASERS [J].
TODOROKI, S ;
SAWAI, M ;
AIKI, K .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1985, 58 (03) :1124-1128
[10]   DEGRADATION OF III-V OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES [J].
UEDA, O .
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1988, 135 (01) :C11-C22