LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT-DENSITY 1-BULLET-5-MU-M (IN, GA, AL)AS QUANTUM-WELL LASERS GROWN BY MBE

被引:12
作者
MONDRY, MJ
CHUANG, ZM
PETERS, MG
COLDREN, LA
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920936
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The use of strained ternary and quaternary (In, Ga, Al) quantum wells for the active regions in MBE grown 1.5-mu-m lasers has been compared. Threshold current densities as low as 530 A/cm2 were obtained using compressively strained (In, Ga, Al)As quaternary quantum wells with waveguide losses of 9.4 cm-1 and a current injection efficiency of 83%. These results represent the best (Al, Ga, In)As/InP quantum well lasers grown by MBE.
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页码:1471 / 1472
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