• DocumentCode
    3404112
  • Title

    Enhanced differential efficiency with monolithic, series-connected, segmented ridge lasers

  • Author

    Getty, J.T. ; Buchinsky, O. ; Salvatore, R.A. ; Mason, B. ; Coldren, L.A. ; Piva, P.G. ; Charbonneau, S. ; Grabowski, K.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    467
  • Abstract
    1.55 μm ridge lasers were electrically segmented and monolithically driven in series, resulting in 2.35 times higher differential efficiency and 2.44 times lower threshold current in the 3-stage device
  • Keywords
    ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; 1.55 μm ridge lasers; 1.55 mum; differential efficiency; enhanced differential efficiency; lower threshold current; monolithic series-connected segmented ridge lasers; Current density; Implants; Indium phosphide; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical control; Optical losses; Semiconductor laser arrays; Stimulated emission; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5634-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1999.811801
  • Filename
    811801