A SUBMILLIAMPERE-THRESHOLD MULTIQUANTUM-WELL ALGAAS LASER WITHOUT FACET COATING USING SINGLE-STEP MOCVD

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NARUI, H
HIRATA, S
MORI, Y
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[1] Sony Corporation Research Center, Hodogaya-ku
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10.1109/3.119498
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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An extremely low threshold current of 0.88 mA under continuous wave (CW) operation was obtained for a three-quantum-well AlGaAs-GaAs laser without facet coating at room temperature. This laser was fabricated using only singlestep metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on a nonplanar GaAs substrate. The energy conversion efficiency from input electric power to light output power was 42% at 1 mW/facet, which is the highest value for all types of lasers. The laser beam shape was nearly round with an aspect ratio of 0.86.
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