ABSORPTIVE-GRATING GAIN-COUPLED DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK MQW LASERS WITH LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT AND HIGH SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE YIELD

被引:17
作者
NAKANO, Y [1 ]
CAO, HL [1 ]
TADA, K [1 ]
LUO, Y [1 ]
DOBASHI, M [1 ]
HOSOMATSU, H [1 ]
机构
[1] YOKOGAWA ELECT CO LTD,DEVICES LAB,MUSASHINO,TOKYO 180,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 02期
关键词
DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; GAIN-COUPLED DFB LASER; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL; GAIN COUPLING; ABSORPTIVE GRATING; LOSS GRATING; SINGLE-MODE YIELD; DUTY FACTOR; CONDUCTION-TYPE INVERSION; ANTIPHASE INDEX GRATING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.825
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Although gain-coupled (GC) distributed-feedback (DFB) lasers of the absorptive-grating type have several merits over those of gain-grating type, there have been disadvantages which include threshold increase due to excess absorption, parasitic index coupling, and nonlinear operation. In this paper we describe some new concepts to cope with these problems, namely, grating duty-factor optimization, a conduction-type inverted absorptive grating, and an anti-phase index grating. We have applied these schemes to GaAlAs/GaAs multiple-quantum-well (MQW) GC DFB lasers. Consequently, low threshold current, high slope efficiency, high side-mode suppression railo, narrow linewidth, and high single-mode yield have been achieved concurrently in as-cleaved devices.
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页码:825 / 829
页数:5
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