STRIP-LOADED SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS EMPLOYING MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE OUTPUT COUPLERS

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KRAUSS, T [1 ]
DELARUE, RM [1 ]
GONTIJO, I [1 ]
LAYBOURN, PJR [1 ]
ROBERTS, JS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,SHEFFIELD S1 3JD,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.111446
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Strip-loaded semiconductor ring lasers were successfully fabricated in the GaAs/AlGaAs material system. The radius was 400 mum and a 2 X 2 3 dB multimode interference coupler 320 mum long was used to extract the output signal. Devices operated continuous wave at 140 mA threshold current with a differential quantum efficiency of 7% per output, which we believe is the highest value reported to date for lasers of this type.
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