InGaAsP/GaAs aluminum-free laser diodes are currently attracting attention as an emerging competitor for widely used AlGaAs-based lasers emitting at 0.87-0.75 /spl mu/m, especially for Nd-YAG laser pumping (/spl lambda/=0.808 /spl mu/m). These lasers have already demonstrated such advantages as narrow transverse far-field pattern, absence of uncoated mirror facet oxidation under high-power operation, low series resistance and processing ease and offer a strong promise of longer lifetime. In a recent paper the authors have studied the cavity length dependence of operational characteristics of InGaAsP/GaAs 0.8 /spl mu/m SCH laser diodes and argued that long-cavity lasers may be advantageous for high-power operation because they are less subjected to the effects of excess carrier leakage from the active region to the waveguide and cladding layers. Low series resistance and thermal resistance of long-cavity laser diodes and bars suggest an additional incentive for their use for high-power CW application. The authors are reporting series resistance as low as 0.03 /spl Omega/ and record-low thermal resistance of 1 C/W obtained for 0.8 /spl mu/m InGaAsP/GaAs laser diodes with cavity length above 2 mm. Active region overheating was determined comparing CW light-current characteristic with those measured under pulse operation at different temperatures and it was shown not to exceed 10/spl deg/C at the CW driving current of 6 A.


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    Title :

    Optimization of InGaAsP/GaAs laser diode processing for high-power operation


    Contributors:
    Diaz, J. (author) / Eliashevich, I. (author) / Yi, H. (author) / Wang, L. (author) / Razeghi, M. (author)

    Published in:

    Proceedings of LEOS'94 ; 2 ; 413-414 vol.2


    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Size :

    161592 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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