A DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK RIDGE WAVE-GUIDE QUANTUM-WELL HETEROSTRUCTURE LASER

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作者
MILLER, LM [1 ]
VERDEYEN, JT [1 ]
COLEMAN, JJ [1 ]
BRYAN, RP [1 ]
ALWAN, JJ [1 ]
BEERNINK, KJ [1 ]
HUGHES, JS [1 ]
COCKERILL, TM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1109/68.68030
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
A novel method for incorporating distributed feedback in a ridge waveguide laser by means of lateral gratings and a single growth step is demonstrated. The necessary Bragg condition for distributed feedback is satisfied by etching gratings along the ridge in the top confining layer of the laser on either side of the contact stripe. Both Fabry-Perot modes and a single emission peak away from the peak of the gain profile are observed in lasers with cleaved facets. The Bragg reflection emission peak does not shift with increasing drive current, characteristic of a DFB laser.
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