CARRIER-INDUCED REDUCTION OF THE INDEX OF REFRACTION OF GAINP MEASURED WITH DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK LASERS

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KADEN, C [1 ]
GRIESINGER, UA [1 ]
SCHWEIZER, H [1 ]
GENG, C [1 ]
MOSER, M [1 ]
SCHOLZ, F [1 ]
BENNER, S [1 ]
BLANK, R [1 ]
HAUG, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV FRANKFURT,INST THEORET PHYS,D-60054 FRANKFURT,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.110157
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present new results on the effective refractive index of GaInP/AlGaInP distributed feedback (DFB) lasers with grating periods around 100 nm, operated at 77 K and at room temperature. Double heterostructure (DH) lasers as well as multiple quantum well lasers show DFB-laser emission at 300 K over a range of 15 nm. For the DH lasers a clear difference of absolute value and dispersion of the effective refractive index was observed between 77 and 300 K, which is explained by high carrier density effects. For a carrier density of N=2.5 X 10(18) cm-3 the refractive index of GaInP decreases by 0.05, which is compared with an ab initio calculation.
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