“…3,4 However, InGaAs/ InGaAsP / InGaP-based devices offer numerous advantages over the InGaAs/ GaAs/ AlGaAs based devices. 5,6 For instance, the InGaAsP material has a direct band gap throughout its compositional range, donor related DX centers are not as significant as in AlGaAs, and the reliability may also be improved due to the absence of dark line defects and catastrophic mirror facet damage due to oxidation. Fundamental improvements in the carrier confinement in the quantum wells have been observed in InGaAs/ InGaAsP active regions over InGaAs/ GaAs active regions, leading to increased differential efficiency and improved thermal characteristics of lasers.…”