High-power, low-threshold BH lasers operating at 1.52 μm grown entirely by MOVPE

BH laser devices with efficient optical and current confinement have been grown using a new all-MOVPE growth technique. The devices produced operated with CW threshold currents as low as 14 mA and output powers of up to 28 mW at 20μC. In initial experiments, over 70% of the working devices tested had threshold currents of less than 30 mA, substantiating the view that MOVPE is a highly promising technique for the large-scale production of complex optoelectronic devices.