STRAINED INGAAS/GAAS SINGLE QUANTUM-WELL LASERS WITH SATURABLE ABSORBERS FABRICATED BY QUANTUM-WELL INTERMIXING

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YAMADA, N
HARRIS, JS
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[1] Solid State Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford
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10.1063/1.106934
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report successful intermixing of strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells utilizing SiO2 with rapid thermal annealing and application of this technique to create a strained InGaAs single quantum well (SQW) laser with a monolithic saturable absorber section. The InGaAs SQW in the gain section was blue-shifted relative to that in the absorber section to obtain strong absorption and its saturation. The output power of the device jumps abruptly to a level higher than 10 mW when the dc injection current reaches the threshold of 58 mA. Gain-switched pulses have pulsewidth of 34.4 ps and high peak power of 330 mW.
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