• DocumentCode
    1554517
  • Title

    Continuous room-temperature operation of microdisk laser diodes

  • Author

    Thiyagarajan, S.M.K. ; Cohen, D.A. ; Levi, A.F.J. ; Ryu, S. ; Li, R. ; Dapkus, P.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/22/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1252
  • Lastpage
    1254
  • Abstract
    InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs multiquantum well microdisk laser diodes have been realised which operate continuously at room temperature. A threshold current of Ith=1.2 mA has been measured for a R=4.75 μm radius disk with lasing emission wavelength near λ=1.0 μm
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microdisc lasers; quantum well lasers; 1 micron; 1.2 mA; 4.75 micron; InGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs; InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs MQW; continuous room-temperature operation; microdisk laser diodes; thermal design; threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990850
  • Filename
    790781