• DocumentCode
    1717018
  • Title

    Improvement in electrostatic-discharge tolerance of 1.3µm AlGaInAs/InP buried heterostructure laser diodes

  • Author

    Ichikawa, H. ; Fukuda, C. ; Matsukawa, S. ; Hamada, K. ; Ikoma, N. ; Nakabayashi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Transm. Devices R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    248
  • Abstract
    This is the first report on electrostatic discharge (ESD)-induced degradation of AlGaInAs/InP buried heterostructure laser diodes. We found that the dominant degradation mechanism was melting of the active layer due to light absorption. We successfully improved ESD tolerance by facet passivation. The cumulative degradation ratio at 1.0 kV ESD tests was decreased from 40 to 0%.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electrostatic discharge; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; passivation; semiconductor lasers; AlGaInAs-InP; buried heterostructure laser diodes; cumulative degradation ratio; dominant degradation mechanism; electrostatic discharge-induced degradation; facet passivation; light absorption; voltage 1 kV; Circuits; Degradation; Diode lasers; Electrostatic discharge; Indium phosphide; Optical reflection; Passivation; Protection; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Indium Phosphide & Related Materials, 2009. IPRM '09. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Newport Beach, CA
  • ISSN
    1092-8669
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3432-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8669
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIPRM.2009.5012484
  • Filename
    5012484