直接键合的三结太阳能电池研究

本文研制了直接键合的三结GaInP/GaAs/InGaAsP太阳电池.直接键合技术可以减少晶格不匹配的材料在外延生长过程中产生的线位错和面缺陷,将缺陷限制在界面几十纳米的薄层而不向内扩散,是未来实现高效多结电池的发展趋势之一.此类电池国内鲜有报道.本文键合三结电池的键合界面采用p+GaAs/n+InP结构,得到电池开路电压3.0 V,在电池结构没有优化的情况下获得效率24%,表面未做减反膜.开路电压表明三结电池实现了串联,为单片集成的高效多结电池提供了新的途径.对实验结果进行了分析并给出了改进措施.     

InP晶片表面优化处理及键合性质分析

采用原子力显微镜（AFM）和X射线光电子能谱（XPS）对不同处理流程后的InP（100）表面粗糙度及化学成分进行测试分析,优选出C、O元素浓度较低,且表面均方根粗糙度影响较小的表面清洗方法。通过比较键合结构的薄膜转移照片可知,表面清洗后的干燥与除气步骤可较好地去除键合界面中的空洞和气泡,从而提高键合质量。键合结构的电子显微镜（SEM）照片,X射线双晶衍射曲线（XRD）及I-V测试分析表明键合结构具有良好的机械、晶体及电学性质。     

光子晶体波导对垂直腔面发射激光器光束远场形貌的调控

研究了光子晶体波导对垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)光束远场形貌的调控.采用三层对称平板波导模型分析了影响光子晶体VCSEL(PC-VCSEL)远场发散角的参数.研究表明,PC-VCSEL中光子晶体的填充比(空气孔直径和光子晶体周期的比值)以及空气孔的刻蚀深度控制了光束的发散角,低填充比和浅刻蚀的PC-VCSEL有利于获得低发散角的光束.设计并制作了两种不同结构参数的PC-VCSEL,这两种器件中光子晶体的填充比和空气孔的刻蚀深度不同.实验结果表明,低填充比和浅刻蚀的PC-VCSEL的发散角更低,与理论分析符合得很好.     

Improving the performance of high-power broad-area lasers by suppressing cavity modes propagating in the lateral dimension

We first study the effect of cavity modes propagating in the lateral dimension on high-power semiconductor lasers with a large stripe width. A sidewall microstructure was fabricated to prevent optical feedback of lateral resonant modes.Theoretically, we demonstrate the existence of lateral resonant modes in the Fabry–Perot cavity with a large stripe width.Experimentally, we design the corresponding devices and compare them with conventional broad-area diode lasers. About a 15% reduction in thres...     

AlInGaAs/AlGaAs垂直腔面发射激光器温度特性的对比研究

通过测量、对比材料生长和器件制备条件基本相似，但是谐振腔腔模波长与增益峰值波长相对位置明显不同的两类氧化物限制型应变AlInGaAs/AlGaAs量子阱垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)在261—369K温度范围内输出光功率-电流的变温曲线，同时结合测试得到的两类样品的白光反射谱、光荧光谱以及模拟计算得到的不同温度下VCSEL反射谱和增益谱，分析了输出光功率、阈值电流、斜率效率和激射波长随温度变化的关系，掌握了新材料AlInGaAs的温度特性，得到了谐振腔腔模波长和增益峰值波长的相对位置对VCSEL输出特性，尤其是对阈值的影响规律，指出获得室温工作阈值最低且稳定的VCSEL的一个方法是调整谐振腔腔模波长和增益峰值波长的相对位置，并利用这种方法获得了特征温度T₀=333K的AlInGaAs/AlGaAs量子阱VCSEL器件. 关键词： AlInGaAs 垂直腔面发射激光器 特征温度     

Low-Threshold and High-Power Oxide-Confined 850 nm AlInGaAs Strained Quantum-Well Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Based on Intra-Cavity Contacted Structure

The low-threshold and high-power oxide-confined 850 nm AlInGaAs strained quantum-well （QW） vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers （VCSELs） based on the intra-cavity contacted structure are fabricated. The threshold current of 0.1 mA for a 10-μm oxide-aperture device is obtained with the threshold current density of 0.127kA/cm^2. For a 22-μm oxide-aperture device, the peak optical output power reaches to 14.6mW at the current injection of 25 mA under the room temperature and pulsed operation with a threshold current of 2mA, which corresponds to the threshold current density of 0.526kA/cm^2. The lasing wavelength is 855.4nm. The full wave at half maximum is 2.2 nm. The analysis of the characteristics and the fabrication of VCSELs are also described.     

高功率1060 nm垂直腔面发射激光器

为了提高1060 nm垂直腔面发射激光器（VCSEL）的性能,本文对大功率1060 nm VCSEL进行了理论模拟和实验研究。计算得到红移速度为0.40 nm/K,据此确定增益和腔模失配量为-20 nm。对比分析了6种不同InGaAs组分和厚度的量子阱,以及3种不同势垒材料的增益特性和输出特性,模拟结果表明,应变补偿的InGaAs/GaAsP量子阱有源区在温度稳定性、阈值电流以及功率方面更有优势。对P型分布式布拉格反射镜（DBR）进行优化设计,优化DBR渐变层厚度和对数,有助于获得更好的输出特性。采用金属有机化学气相沉积生长了InGaAs/GaAsP应变补偿量子阱结构的VCSEL外延片,并制备了单管和阵列VCSEL,实验数据和理论分析基本吻合。实验测得,288单元VCSEL阵列在4.5 A电流下,连续输出功率为2.62 W,最高电光转换效率为36.8%,5 mm×5 mm VCSEL阵列准连续条件下（脉宽为100μs,占空比为1%）,且在100 A电流下,获得峰值功率为53.4 W。     

High-Brightness Low-Divergence Tapered Lasers with a Narrow Taper Angle

High-brightness tapered lasers with photonic crystal structures are designed and fabricated.A narrow taper angle is designed for the tapered section.The device delivers an output power of 3.3 W and a maximum wall-plug efficiency of 43%.The vertical beam divergence is around 110 at different currents.Nearly diffraction-limited beam qualities for the vertical and lateral directions are obtained.The lateral beam quality factor M~2 is below 2.5 and the vertical M~2 value is around 1.5 across the whole operating current range.The maximum brightness is 85 MW·cm~(-2)sr~(-1).When the current is above 3.3 A,the brightness is still above 80 MW·cm~(-2)sr~(-1).     

Graded index profiles and loss-induced single-mode characteristics in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with petal-shape holey structure

The 850-nm oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with petal-shape holey structures are presented.An area-weighted average refractive index model is given to analyse their effective index profiles,and the graded index distribution in the holey region is demonstrated.The index step between the optical aperture and the holey region is obtained which is related merely to the etching depth.Four types of holey vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with different parameters are fabricated as well as the conventional oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser.Compared with the conventional oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser without etched holes,the holey vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser possesses an improved beam quality due to its graded index distribution,but has a lower output power,higher threshold current and lower slope efficiency.With the hole number increased,the holey vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser can realize the single-mode operation throughout the entire current range,and reduces the beam divergence further.The loss mechanism is used to explain the single-mode characteristic,and the reduced beam divergence is attributed to the shallow etching.High coupling efficiency of 86% to a multi-mode fibre is achieved for the single-mode device in the experiment.     

Micromechanical tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

We report the study on a short wavelength-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser utilizing a monolithically integrated bridge tuning microelectromechanical system. A deformable-bridge top mirror suspended above an active region is utilized. Applied bridge-substrate bias produces an electrostatic force which reduces the spacing of air-gap and tunes the resonant wavelength toward a shorter wavelength (blue-shift). Good laser characteristics are obtained: such as continuous tuning ranges over 11 nm near 940 nm for 0--9 V tuning bias, the peak output power near 1 mW and the full-width-half-maximum limited to approximately 3.2--6.8 nm. A detailed simulation of the micromechanical and optical characteristics of these devices is performed, and the ratio of bridge displacement to wavelength shift has been found to be 3:1.