• DocumentCode
    1467447
  • Title

    Improved temperature dependence of 1.3 μm AlGaInAs-based MQW semiconductor diode lasers revealed by hydrostatic pressure

  • Author

    Sweeney, S.J. ; Higashi, T. ; Adams, A.R. ; Uchida, T. ; Fujii, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    10/29/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2130
  • Lastpage
    2132
  • Abstract
    The threshold current Ith of 1.3 μm AlGaInAs devices increases by ~80% over a 1GPa pressure range contrasting with decreases of 10-15% in 1.3 μm InGaAsP devices. This can be explained with 50% nonradiative recombination in InGaAsP and only ~20% in AlGaInAs devices, resulting in a much improved temperature dependence of Ith
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electron-hole recombination; energy gap; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; 1.3 micrometre; AlGaInAs; MQW semiconductor diode lasers; hydrostatic pressure; nonradiative recombination; temperature dependence; threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19981461
  • Filename
    741335