High efficiency GaInSbAs/GaSb type-II quantum well continuous wave lasers

2000 
Narrow ridge GaInSbAs/GaSb type-II QW lasers emitting at 2.37-2.4 µm have been fabricated. The lasers operated in the cw regime at room temperature with the output optical power up to 20 mW/facet. The internal quantum efficiency of the lasers was found to be 89% and the power efficiency reached 20%. The lasers emitted in the fundamental spatial mode and exhibited single frequency operation in a large range of currents and temperatures. The emission wavelength could be continuously tuned by current over 0.7-1.2 nm. The single longitudinal mode behaviour was explained by the photorefractive effect due to DX centres in the Te-doped GaAlSbAs cladding layer acting as a saturable absorber.
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