High-Brightness from an Unstable Resonator Mid-IR Semiconductor Laser

Author

Ongstad, A.P. ; Dente, G.C. ; Tilton, M.L. ; Chavez, J.C. ; Kaspi, R. ; Gianardi, D.M.

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., AFRL-DELS, Kirtland AFB, NM

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

96

Abstract

We describe high-brightness, broad-area mid-IR semiconductor lasers. These devices were fabricated in our laboratory using a commercial solid-source MBE system, configured specifically for antimonide alloy deposition. The laser structures incorporated fourteen type-II quantum wells embedded in thick waveguide/absorber regions composed of In_0.2Ga_0.8As_ySb_1-y. Each type-II well is comprised of a ~24 Aring thick In_0.4Ga_0.6Sb hole bearing layer, which is sandwiched in between two coupled InAs electron wells; as we vary the InAs thickness from 3 to 30 Aring we tune the laser from 2.5 mum to 9.5 mum

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; arsenic compounds; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; molecular beam epitaxial growth; quantum well lasers; semiconductor lasers; 2.5 to 9.5 micron; 3 to 30 Aring; In_0.2Ga_0.8As_ySb_1-y; InAs electron wells; antimonide alloy deposition; fourteen type-II quantum wells; high-brightness mid-IR semiconductor laser; laser structures; laser tuning; solid-source MBE system; thick waveguide-absorber regions; unstable resonator; Brightness; Diffraction; Fabry-Perot; Laboratories; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International

Conference_Location

Kohala Coast, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9560-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708103

Filename

1708103