Title :
Influence of leakage currents between electrodes in tunable DBR-lasers
Author :
Öberg, M. ; Nilsson, S. ; Holmberg, B. ; Klinga, T. ; Broberg, B.
Author_Institution :
Swedish Inst. of Microelectron., Kista, Sweden
fDate :
7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Wavelength tunable multi-section DBR lasers have been fabricated on a p-doped InP substrate by LPE. Maximum output power is 10.5 mW and largest step-wise tuning range is 5.1 nm for a single-sided DBR laser. A double-sided laser has a continuous tuning range of 1.4 nm. It is shown that the low electrical isolation between the top contacts causes lower output power and a significantly larger laser linewidth.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; 10.5 mW; InGaAsP-InP; InP substrate; LPE; electrical isolation; laser linewidth; leakage currents between electrodes; multi-section DBR lasers; output power; semiconductors; tunable DBR-lasers; tuning range; wavelength tunable lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900705
