Wavelength shifts of 1.5-μm DFB lasers due to human-body-model electrostatic discharge followed by accelerated aging experiments

Author

Jichai Jebng ; Park, K.H. ; Park, H.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., POSTECH, Kyungbuk, South Korea

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

190

Abstract

This paper reports human-body-model (HBM) electrostatic discharge (ESD)-induced wavelength shifts of 1.5 μm InGaAsP/InP distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Reverse-bias ESD has been exposed to the lasers. Their electrical and optical characteristics are significantly changed after ESD exposure. From most of ESD stressed lasers, the wavelength shifts are measured to be less than 2 Å. Subsequent aging results show that the aging-induced wavelength shifts of ESD damaged lasers are less than 0.5 Å. No significant impact on reliability has been found from ESD damaged lasers. Similar results are obtained from non-ESD damaged lasers except for the shift direction of the lasing wavelengths

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; ageing; distributed feedback lasers; electrostatic discharge; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser variables measurement; reliability; semiconductor lasers; 1.5 mum; DFB lasers; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP distributed feedback lasers; accelerated aging experiment; aging; aging-induced wavelength shifts; electrical characteristics; electrostatic discharge; human-body-model; lasing wavelengths; optical characteristics; reliability; reverse bias electrostatic discharge; shift direction; wavelength shifts; Distributed feedback devices; Electrostatic discharge; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser stability; Stress; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.365204

Filename

365204