HIGH SINGLE-MODE POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY VERTICAL-CAVITY TOP-SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

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LEAR, KL
CHALMERS, SA
机构
[1] Photonics Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
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10.1109/68.257162
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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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We report advances in the power conversion (wall-plug) efficiency of vertical-cavity top-surface-emitting lasers. The devices were fabricated from molecular beam epitaxial layers using deep proton implants to define gain-guided lasers. The epitaxial structure included low resistance, piecewise linearly graded n-type and p-type mirrors, a triple In0.2Ga0.8As quantum-well active region, and a delta-doped contact layer. Power conversion efficiencies as high as 12.7% for continuous-wave single-mode operation were measured after several hours of device operation.
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