Thermal effects in AlGaAs-AlGaInP VCSELs

Author

Pinches, S.M. ; Frost, J.E.F. ; Martin, P.M. ; Sale, T.E. ; Robson, P.N. ; Woodhead, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK

Volume

147

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Pulsed and continuous wave (CW) characteristics of visible vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are presented. A simple thermal model which is used to calculate the temperature profile in a device under CW operation as a result of self-heating is described. It is shown that this type of simple model can, in conjunction with the measured pulsed characteristics as a function of ambient temperature, model the CW characteristics. The model is used to determine the effect of geometry, in particular mesa size and substrate thickness, on device performance

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; quantum well lasers; semiconductor device models; surface emitting lasers; thermo-optical effects; AlGaAs-AlGaInP; AlGaAs/AlGaInP VCSELs; CW lasing characteristics; CW operation; ambient temperature; device performance; geometry; measured pulsed characteristics; mesa size; pulsed lasing characteristics; self-heating; simple thermal model; substrate thickness; temperature profile; thermal effects; visible vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2433

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-opt:20000243

Filename

844462