• DocumentCode
    1318335
  • Title

    Temperature compensation of the threshold current, differential efficiency, and refractive index of a GaInAs/InP MQW diode laser mounted on a bimetallic heatsink

  • Author

    Cohen, D.A. ; Coldren, L.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    11/21/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2245
  • Lastpage
    2247
  • Abstract
    The authors use stress from differential thermal expansion to provide temperature compensation of a 1.55 μm MQW laser. Over the temperature range 20-70°C, an equivalent characteristic temperature of 133 K, a reduced drop in the differential efficiency, and nearly complete elimination of the drift in modal wavelength are obtained
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; compensation; gallium arsenide; heat sinks; indium compounds; laser frequency stability; quantum well lasers; refractive index; thermal expansion; 1.55 micrometre; 20 to 70 degC; GaInAs-InP; MQW diode laser; bimetallic heatsink; differential efficiency; differential thermal expansion; equivalent characteristic temperature; modal wavelength drift; refractive index; temperature compensation; threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19961481
  • Filename
    556793