Title :
Blue/green lasers focus on the market
Author :
Han, Jung ; He, Li ; Gunshor, Robert L. ; Nurmikko, Arto V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present a review of past, present, and future blue/green laser technologies. They discuss: II-VI semiconductor materials and alternate approaches (including the use of SiC and III-V nitrides, e.g. GaN, AlN); laser diode design; multiple quantum well approaches; contacting to p-ZnSe; and remaining challenges.<>
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; III-V semiconductors; reviews; semiconductor lasers; AlN; CW operation; GaN; II-VI semiconductor materials; III-V nitrides; SiC; ZnS; ZnSe; ZnTe; blue/green laser technologies; laser diode design; multiple quantum well approaches; p-ZnSe contacts; room temperature operation; Biomedical optical imaging; Conductors; Diode lasers; Laboratories; Optical materials; Optical recording; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor materials; Zinc compounds;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
