High-temperature continuous-wave operation of optically-pumped type-II W lasers from 3-6.3 μm

Autor: M. J. Yang, A.R. Sugg, William W. Bewley, Donna W. Stokes, Jerry R. Meyer, Hao Lee, John C. Connolly, Igor Vurgaftman, Ramon U. Martinelli, Edward H. Aifer, B. V. Shanabrook, Christopher L. Felix, Linda J. Olafsen
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Postconference Edition. CLEO '99. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE Cat. No.99CH37013).
DOI: 10.1109/cleo.1999.834314
Popis: Summary form only given. The development of semiconductor lasers capable of emitting at wavelengths longer than 3 /spl mu/m at high CW operating temperatures has proven to be quite challenging. To our knowledge, the best result reported previously was T/sub max/=225 K for a lead-salt device (/spl lambda/=4.2 /spl mu/m). One promising approach is the W laser, named for the shape of the conduction-band profile in its four-constituent type-II active region (e.g., InAs/GaInSb/InAs/AlSb). A recent optically-pumped W structure lased CW up to T/sub max/=220 K at /spl lambda/=3.4 /spl mu/m. We report CW operation of optically-pumped W lasers nearly to room temperature. The maximum wavelength for an interband III-V device has also been extended considerably.
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