ROOM-TEMPERATURE CONTINUOUS-WAVE OPERATION OF 1.54-MU-UM VERTICAL-CAVITY LASERS

Authors
BABIC DI STREUBLE K MIRIN RP MARGALIT NM BOWERS JE HU EL MARS DE YANG L CAREY K
Citation
Di. Babic et al., ROOM-TEMPERATURE CONTINUOUS-WAVE OPERATION OF 1.54-MU-UM VERTICAL-CAVITY LASERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(11), 1995, pp. 1225-1227
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1225 - 1227
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:11<1225:RCOO1V>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report on the room-temperature continuous-wave operation of vertica l-cavity lasers operating at 154 mu m. The devices me a 7 strain-compe nsated quantum-well active layer sandwiched between two Al(Ga)As-GaAs quarter-wave mirrors joined by wafer fusion. Five device sizes between 8 and 20 mu m were found to operate continuously at room temperature (23 degrees C). The lowest room-temperature continuous-wave threshold current of 2.3 mA was measured on an 8-mu m diameter device, while the highest continuous-wave operating temperature of 33 degrees C was mea sured on a 12-mu m device.