DAMAGE FROM PROTON IRRADIATION OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

Authors
PAXTON AH CARSON RF SCHONE H TAYLOR EW CHOQUETTE KD HOU HQ LEAR KL WARREN ME
Citation
Ah. Paxton et al., DAMAGE FROM PROTON IRRADIATION OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 44(6), 1997, pp. 1893-1897
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
44
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
1893 - 1897
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1997)44:6<1893:DFPIOV>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Damage resulting from irradiating oxide-confined vertical-cavity surfa ce-emitting lasers became significant (threshold shift approximate to 20%, peak power degradation approximate to 20%) at fluence levels appr oaching 1 x 10(13) protons/cm(2). The threshold current shifted to hig her values, and the peak light output power decreased. Forward-current annealing led to partial recovery of the performance of two of the th ree lasers for which annealing was attempted. Recent results[1-3] on p roton-implanted devices are summarized in a table.