Yong, Y.S., Wong, H.Y., Yow, H.K. and Sorel, M. (2010) Systematic study on the confinement structure design of 1.5-μm InGaAlAs/InP multiple-quantum-well lasers. Laser Physics, 20(4), pp. 811-815. (doi: 10.1134/S1054660X10070376)
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Abstract
An in-dept analysis on the separate confinement heterostructure (SCH) design parameters of 1.5-mu m InGaAlAs/InP multiple quantum-well (MQW) lasers is reported. Theoretical calculations show a drastic enhancement on threshold current and slope efficiency from step-index SCH (STEP-SCH) to graded-index SCH (GRIN-SCH) design, but the effect ceases beyond a critical number of grading steps. This finding implies ease of the growth process and reduction in cost. The overall GRIN-SCH's thickness is found to exert great influence over the achievable laser's threshold current and slope efficiency. An average of 27 mA threshold current reduction and more than 32% of slope efficiency increment were achieved by optimizing the GRIN-SCH thickness. Increasing the grading energy range of the GRIN-SCH decreases the slope efficiency, but is found to effectively reduce carrier leakage at elevated temperature leading to a less temperature-sensitive threshold current MQW ridge lasers were fabricated and characterized out of two laser materials, one with a reference STEP-SCH and another with a proposed optimized GRIN-SCH profile. The laser with optimised SCH design has shown a 36% reduction in room temperature threshold current as compared to that with the STEP-SCH design, which is in good agreement to the theoretical simulation. In addition, a record high characteristic temperature (T (0)) of 105 K was obtained on the GRIN-SCH laser structure, which is more than three fold increment as compared to the STEP-SCH design.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sorel, Professor Marc |
| Authors: | Yong, Y.S., Wong, H.Y., Yow, H.K., and Sorel, M. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering |
| Journal Name: | Laser Physics |
| ISSN: | 1054-660X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1555-6611 |
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