Integration of passive waveguides using quantum well intermixing to produce reliable 980 nm laser diodes

Author

Liu, X.F. ; Toury, M. ; Kowalski, O.P. ; Najda, S.P. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Palmer, G. ; Bacchin, G. ; Hamilton, C.J. ; Marsh, J.H.

Author_Institution

Intense Photonics Ltd., High Blantyre, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

851

Abstract

Quantum well intermixing (QWI) has been used to create passive non-absorbing mirrors at the facet regions of 980 nm AlGaInAs pump lasers that significantly improve the reliability and high temperature performance due to suppressed catastrophic optical damage and improved single-mode stability. The long passive waveguide keeps the facet at the same temperature as the submount. The QWI 980 nm single-mode laser is suitable for operation without a TEC controlled temperature and can couple efficiently into a waveguide or optical fibre over a wide temperature range.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chemical interdiffusion; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser mirrors; laser reliability; laser stability; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; waveguide lasers; 980 nm; 980 nm AlGaInAs pump lasers; AlGaInAs; facet regions; high temperature performance; long passive waveguide; optical fibre coupling; passive nonabsorbing mirrors; passive waveguide integration; quantum well intermixing; reliability; reliable 980 nm laser diodes; single-mode stability; suppressed catastrophic optical damage; waveguide coupling; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Temperature distribution; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159575

Filename

1159575