Control of gain and thermal carrier loss profiles for mode optimization in 980-nm broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Optical gain and thermal carrier loss distributions regarding current diffusion and various electric contact areas are investigated to improve the near-field modes from the ring-shape to a Gaussian-like configuration for extra-broad-area and oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. In this work an equivalent circuit network model is used. The resistance of the continuously-graded distributed Bragg reflectors （DBRs）, the current diffusion and the temperature effect due to different electric-contact areas are calculated and analyzed at first, as these parameters affect one another and are the key factors in determining the gain and thermal carrier loss. Finally, the gain and thermal carrier loss distributions are calculated and discussed.     

基于两端自发荧光辐射的808nm半导体激光器增益偏振特性实验表征和能带分析

通过半导体激光器两端的放大自发荧光辐射可以获取器件的光学增益信息. 本文利用这一新的增益实验测量方法, 开展了对连续运行的808nm GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱激光器横向电场 (TE)与磁场(TM)偏振增益特性的实验研究. 通过将实验结果与理论增益曲线对比, 分析了非应变GaAs量子阱TE和TM极化偏振对应的空穴子能带随注入电流的变化规律, 以及激光器在连续运行状态下的实际增益状态和影响因素. 关键词： 半导体激光器 增益测量 偏振 量子阱和能带