AlGaAsSb/InGaAsSb single-quantum-well (SQW) laser diodes emitting at 2 μm were fabricated and tested. At 10–15 °C, the uncoated SQW lasers with 2–3 mm cavity lengths exhibit a threshold current density of 115 A/cm2, a continuous-wave output power of 1.9 W, a differential efficiency of 53%, and a quasi-continuous-wave output power of 4 W. Their performance deteriorates rapidly as output losses increase beyond 10 cm−1.
Broadening the waveguides of 2 μm AlGaAsSb/InGaAsSb separate-confinement multiquantum-well lasers decreases their internal losses to 2 cm−1, while threshold current densities remain as low as 300 A/cm2. The consequently high cw differential efficiency of 0.36 results in output powers of 1.2 W from 100 μm aperture lasers at 15 °C.
We describe room-temperature 2.78 μm AlGaAsSb/InGaAsSb multiquantum well lasers. Pulsed laser operation was observed at 15 °C with a threshold current of 1.1 A (10 kA/cm2), and a maximum power output of 30 mW, and a maximum differential quantum efficiency of 9%. Lasers operated pulsed up to 60 °C with a characteristic temperature of 58 K over the range of 0–40 °C. To date, 2.78 μm is the longest emission wavelength for a room-temperature III–V laser.
We have demonstrated continuous wave operation of 2.7-μm InGaAsSb/AlGaAsSb multiquantum-well diode lasers up to a temperature of 234 K (−39 °C). These devices were grown by molecular-beam-epitaxy. They have a tendency to operate in a dominant single mode over well-defined temperature and current intervals. A comparison of spontaneous emission spectra shows that above threshold, the quasi-Fermi level is pinned and that most of the carriers are injected into nonlasing states. This effect leads to a rapid decrease of differential efficiency with increasing temperature.
We have observed laser action at λ=3.06 μm in In0.77Ga0.23As0.74Sb0.26/InP0.7Sb0.3 double heterojunction, diode lasers, which were grown by organometallic vapor-phase epitaxy. The maximum operating temperature was T=35 K, and typical threshold current densities were 200–330 A/cm2. At temperatures up to 35 K, the lasing wavelength decreased with increasing temperature owing to a band-filling effect.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.