• DocumentCode
    795628
  • Title

    Extremely wide-bandwidth distributed Bragg reflectors using chirped semiconductor/oxide pairs

  • Author

    Hummel, S.G. ; MacDougal, M.H. ; Dapkus, P.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    6/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    972
  • Lastpage
    973
  • Abstract
    Significant reflectance band broadening through arithmetic and geometric chirping of AlAs oxide/(Al,Ga)InP distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) periodicity has been demonstrated. Reflectivities >90% have been achieved for 7-pair structures over a wavelength range as large as 713 nm, and 70% reflectance was measured over a range of 1388 nm
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium compounds; indium compounds; light emitting diodes; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 400 to 1400 nm; AlInP; GaInP; LEDs; VCSELs; arithmetic chirping; chirped semiconductor/oxide pairs; geometric chirping; periodicity; reflectance band broadening; reflectivities; seven-pair structures; wavelength range; wide-bandwidth distributed Bragg reflectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950676
  • Filename
    390992