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GaInAs quantum wire (QWR) heterostructures have been grown by molecular bea
m epitaxy using the strain-induced lateral-layer ordering (SILO) process. B
road-area Fabry-Perot QWR lasers have been fabricated from this material. T
he lasing wavelength from the QWR laser shifts at a rate of 0.9 Angstrom/de
greesC between 77 and 300 K compared to 4.6 Angstrom/degreesC for a quantum
well laser control sample. Furthermore, the gain spectra of the QWR laser
are derived from the amplified spontaneous emission spectra at 77 and 300 K
using the Hakki-Paoli method. The gain peak is also stabilized against tem
perature changes indicating that temperature stable lasing behavior seen in
SILO grown GaInAs QWR Fabry-Perot laser diodes is due to a temperature sta
ble band gap. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.