The first compact blue/green diode lasers-wide-bandgap II-VI semiconductors come of age

Author

Gunshor, Robert L. ; Nurmikko, Arto V.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

82

Issue

10

fYear

1994

fDate

10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1503

Lastpage

1513

Abstract

The first blue/green laser diode demonstrations reported in the summer of 1991 presented a hope that viable light-emitting devices based on the wide-bandgap II-VI compound were truly possible. In this paper we place those developments into the context of the 30-year research effort which has opened the possibility for the new laser diode, LED, and display devices operating in the short visible wavelengths. Active research interests worldwide have led to rapid progress in the field, culminating in the recent demonstration of room-temperature continuous wave diode lasers

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; electroluminescent displays; light emitting diodes; semiconductor lasers; LED; blue/green diode lasers; display devices; room-temperature continuous wave diode lasers; short visible wavelengths; wide-bandgap II-VI semiconductors; Diode lasers; Displays; Epitaxial growth; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical fiber communication; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor device doping; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.326409

Filename

326409