Title :
Higher catastrophic optical mirror damage power density level at facet from quantum dot material
Author :
Elliott, S.N. ; Smowton, P.M. ; Edwards, G.T. ; Krysa, A.B. ; Berry, G.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff
Abstract :
We measured different types of damage and 24 (plusmn4) MW/cm2 optical-power-density (pulsed) thresholds for catastrophic optical mirror damage in quantum dot lasers compared with 12 (plusmn2) MW/cm2 for quantum wells, in a comparable structure.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; catastrophic optical mirror damage; optical-power-density thresholds; quantum dot lasers; quantum wells; Density measurement; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical materials; Optical microscopy; Power lasers; Power measurement; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Quantum well lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1783-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636047