Title :
Electrically pumped InGaAsP/InP microring optical amplifiers and lasers with surface passivation
Author :
Amarnath, Kuldeep ; Grover, Rohit ; Kanakaraju, Subramaniam ; Ho, Ping-Tong
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
InGaAsP/InP microring lasers and optical amplifiers providing gain at 1550 nm are demonstrated. The microrings provide about 10 dB of gain in pulsed mode. Sulfur passivation is used to reduce carrier loss to surface recombination.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electron beam pumping; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser modes; microcavity lasers; passivation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sulphur; surface recombination; 10 dB; 1550 nm; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP optical amplifiers; carrier loss; electrically pumped optical amplifiers; microring lasers; microring optical amplifiers; pulsed mode; sulfur passivation; surface passivation; surface recombination; Indium phosphide; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Passivation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202295
