Improvement of performance characteristics of deep violet InGaN DQW lasers using a strip DQW active region
| Autor: | Fong Kwong Yam, Zainuriah Hassan, Gh. Alahyarizadeh, Sabah M. Thahab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Threshold current
Materials science business.industry Slope efficiency Laser Differential quantum efficiency Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Detective quantum efficiency Wavelength Optics law Ridge (meteorology) Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Diode |
| Zdroj: | Optik. 125:4911-4915 |
| ISSN: | 0030-4026 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijleo.2014.04.030 |
| Popis: | The effect of the laser ridge width on the performance characteristics of deep violet In 0.082 Ga 0.918 N/GaN double quantum well (DQW) laser diodes (LDs) has been numerically investigated. Simulation results indicated that threshold current of LDs is decreased and slope efficiency and differential quantum efficiency (DQE) are increased by decreasing ridge width, whereas output power is decreased. The results also showed that a decrease of more than 1 μm in the ridge width reduces the threshold current, whereas the slope efficiency, output power, and DQE are decreased. A new DQW LD structure with a strip active region has been proposed to obtain a lower current threshold and higher output power, slope efficiency, and DQE. The results showed the InGaN DQW LD with a strip DQW active region has the highest output power, slope efficiency, and DQE; it also has a lower threshold current compared with that of the original LD. The comparative study conducted for the LDs with output emission wavelengths of 390, 414 and 436 nm has also confirmed the enhancement in LD performance using the strip DQW active region structure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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