DocumentCode
2017192
Title
Improved ridge lasers utilizing laterally-intermixed active regions
Author
Getty, Jonathan T. ; Skogen, Erik J. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2004
Firstpage
368
Abstract
The submicron abruptness of an intermixing transition is used to create current and carrier confinement in a ridge laser. Compared to a control laser, a 27% threshold reduction and 10% efficiency enhancement are demonstrated.
Keywords
quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; 10 percent; laterally-intermixed active regions; ridge lasers; Annealing; Bars; Carrier confinement; Energy barrier; Indium phosphide; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Photonic band gap; Threshold current; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8557-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363264
Filename
1363264
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