Passivation of the facets of 980 nm GaAs pump lasers by a pulsed UV laser-assisted technique

Autor: Juan Jiménez, J. Perrière, C. Belouet, M. Bettiati, S. Kerboeuf, J.L. Gentner, E. Martin
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Journal of Electronic Materials. 28:83-90
ISSN: 1543-186X
0361-5235
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-999-0223-7
Popis: It is reported on the passivation of the mirror facets, opened in the air, of ridge waveguide InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs single quantum well (λ=980 nm) laser diodes. The passivation concept consists of two steps, namely, oxide removal by irradiation of the mirror facets with a pulsed KrF laser, immediately followed by the deposition of a thin silicon layer. The experimental arrangement (the process operation and the aging behavior-resistance to catastrophic optical damage) of the lasers thus treated are described. The structural modification of the laser facets, as probed by micro-Raman spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, and the calibration technique used to assess the rate of oxide removal are also presented.
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