• DocumentCode
    1081297
  • Title

    Buried-heterostructure AlGaAs lasers

  • Author

    Saito, Kazutoshi ; Ito, Ryoichi

  • Author_Institution
    Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    2/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    205
  • Lastpage
    215
  • Abstract
    The optical waveguide, fabrication procedure, major optical properties, and reliability of buried-heterostructure (BH) AlGaAs lasers are described. BH lasers are characterized by low threshold currents (10-20 mA), nearly symmetric beam profile, single-mode oscillation, high linearity, small relaxation oscillations, and long-term mode stability. Moreover, BH lasers with a buried optical guide provide CW output powers of 10-20 mW with an overall power conversion efficiency as high as 35 percent.
  • Keywords
    Gallium materials/lasers; Semiconductor device reliability; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Linearity; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Power lasers; Threshold current; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1980.1070459
  • Filename
    1070459