Title :
Improved ridge lasers utilizing laterally-intermixed active regions
Author :
Getty, Jonathan T. ; Skogen, Erik J. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The submicron abruptness of an intermixing transition is used to create current and carrier confinement in a ridge laser. Compared to a control laser, a 27% threshold reduction and 10% efficiency enhancement are demonstrated.
Keywords :
quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; 10 percent; laterally-intermixed active regions; ridge lasers; Annealing; Bars; Carrier confinement; Energy barrier; Indium phosphide; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Photonic band gap; Threshold current; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363264
