C. Ellmers et al., Optically pumped (GaIn)As/Ga(PAs) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with optimized dynamics, APPL PHYS L, 74(10), 1999, pp. 1367-1369
We present a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser structure optimized for
fast intrinsic emission dynamics, using the strain-compensated (GaIn)As/Ga
(PAs) material system with a 2 lambda sin-type cavity. The high quality of
the epitaxial growth is revealed by the large normal mode splitting of 10.5
meV found in reflectivity measurements. The fast dynamical response of our
structure after femtosecond optical excitation at 30 K yields a pulse widt
h of 3.2 ps and a peak delay of only 4.8 ps. A structure designed for laser
emission at higher temperatures exhibits picosecond dynamics at room tempe
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