Effect of Growth Temperature on InP QD Lasers

We describe the effect of growth temperature on the optical absorption, gain, and threshold current density of 730-nm emitting, metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) grown, InP-AlGaInP quantum-dot lasers. Decreasing the growth temperature from 750°C to 690°C leads to an increase in ground state...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2010-01, Vol.22 (2), p.88-90
Hauptverfasser: Smowton, P.M., Al-Ghamdi, M.S., Shutts, S., Edwards, G., Hutchings, M., Krysa, A.B.
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Zusammenfassung:We describe the effect of growth temperature on the optical absorption, gain, and threshold current density of 730-nm emitting, metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) grown, InP-AlGaInP quantum-dot lasers. Decreasing the growth temperature from 750°C to 690°C leads to an increase in ground state absorption, while sufficient optical gain and low 300 K threshold current density is obtained in the growth temperature window between 710°C and 730°C . Wider (16 nm compared to 8 nm) interlayer barriers lead to lower threshold current density with 300 K values as low as 165 Acm -2 for 2-mm-long lasers with uncoated facets.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2009.2036245