SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FACTOR AND ITS SCALING IN VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

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作者
SHTENGEL, G [1 ]
TEMKIN, H [1 ]
UCHIDA, T [1 ]
KIM, M [1 ]
BRUSENBACH, P [1 ]
PARSONS, C [1 ]
机构
[1] BANDGAP TECHNOL CORP,BROOMFIELD,CO 80021
关键词
Semiconductor lasers;
D O I
10.1063/1.110932
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We report room-temperature measurements of the spontaneous emission factor beta in high-quality gain-guided GaAs/AlGaAs vertical cavity surface emitting lasers. In devices with 6-mum diameter we obtain beta=2.8X10(-3). The measured scaling of beta with the cavity volume agrees well with classical electromagnetic model of dipole radiation. The magnitude of beta exceeds that predicted by classical theory by approximately a factor of 2.
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页码:1062 / 1064
页数:3
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