• DocumentCode
    3096993
  • Title

    Carrier accumulation in the optical confinement layer, its effect on power limit in high power and brightness laser diodes, and laser design to overcome this limitation

  • Author

    Avrutin, Eugene ; Ryvkin, Boris

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., Univ. of York, York, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-11 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    We analyse efficiency degradation due to carrier accumulation in the optical confinement layer of high-power laser diodes. Narrow asymmetric waveguide structures are shown to reduce this limitation while enabling low built-in losses and fundamental-mode operation.
  • Keywords
    optical losses; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; asymmetric waveguide structures; brightness laser diodes; built-in losses; carrier accumulation; efficiency degradation; fundamental-mode operation; high power laser diodes; optical confinement layer; Charge carrier density; Charge carrier processes; Laser theory; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Waveguide lasers; High-power lasers; asymmetric structures; efficiency; far field; modelling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1526-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280868
  • Filename
    6280868