Title :
Experimental determination of heat flow in semiconductor lasers
Author :
Pipe, Kevin P. ; Ram, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. The investigation of heat flow in a semiconductor laser diode performed here leads to the conclusion that a thermal probe is useful for parameter extraction; the model used, however, must be quite detailed in devices with low wallplug efficiency.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; heat conduction; indium compounds; quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP ridge-waveguide QW laser; edge-emitting laser diode; heat flow; heat sink temperatures; low wallplug efficiency; parameter extraction; semiconductor laser diode; surface temperatures; thermal probe; Geometrical optics; Heat sinks; Optical devices; Power lasers; Power measurement; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity; Thermistors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034169
