Numerical study of performance characteristics of deep violet InGaN DQW laser diodes with AlInGaN quaternary multi quantum barrier electron blocking layer

The performance characteristics of deep violet In_0.082Ga_0.918N/GaN double quantum well (DQW) laser diodes (LDs) with different electron blocking layer (EBL) including a ternary AlGaN bulk EBL, a quaternary AlInGaN bulk EBL and ternary AlGaN multi quantum barrier (MQB) EBL has been numerically investigated. Inspired by the abovementioned structures, a new LD structure with a quaternary AlInGaN MQB EBL has been proposed to improve the performance characteristics of the deep violet InGaN DQW LDs. Simulation results indicated that the LD structure with the quaternary AlInGaN MQB EBL present the highest output power, slope efficiency and differential quantum efficiency (DQE) and lowest threshold current compared with the above mentioned structures. They also indicated that choosing an appropriate aluminum (Al) and indium (In) composition in the quaternary AlInGaN MQB layers could control both piezoelectric and spontaneous polarizations. It will decrease the electron overflow from the active region to p-side and increased the contribution of electron and hole carriers to the radiative recombination effectively. Enhancing radiative recombination in the well using the quaternary AlInGaN MQB EBL also increased the optical output power and optical intensity.     

Performance characteristics of deep violet InGaN DQW laser diodes with InGaN/GaN superlattice waveguide layers

The effect of the indium (In) composition of In_xGa_1−xN (GaN) waveguide layers on the performance of deep violet In_0.082Ga_0.918N/GaN double quantum well (DQW) laser diodes (LDs) emitting at 390 nm output emission wavelength has been numerically investigated. Simulation results indicated that by increasing In composition of the In_xGa_1−xN waveguide layers, the threshold current decreases, the slope efficiency, and differential quantum efficiency (DQE) increase, whereas the output power decreases. The increase in the In composition of the InGaN waveguide layers increases the refractive index and consequently increases the optical confinement factor (OCF) which result in the increase in the slope efficiency and DQE and the decrease in the threshold current. The decreasing movement of electron and hole carriers from the bulk waveguide layers to the active regions also causes to decrease the output power. A new LD structure with InGaN/GaN superlattice (SL) waveguide layers has been proposed to exploit the increased OCF of InGaN waveguide structures, and the enhanced electron and hole mobilities and the tunneling effect of the periodic structure of the SL structures. The results also showed that the use of InGaN/GaN SL waveguide structures effectively improves the output power, slope efficiency and DQE and decreases the threshold current of the LD compared with (In)GaN bulk waveguide structure.     

InGaN/GaN laser diode characterization and quantum well number effect

The effect of quantum well number on the quantum efficiency and temperature characteristics of In- GaN/GaN laser diodes （LDs） is determined and investigated. The 3-nm-thick In0.13Ca0.87N wells and two 6-am-thick GaN barriers are selected as an active region for Fabry-Perot （FP） cavity waveguide edge emitting LD. The internal quantum efficiency and internal optical loss coefficient are extracted through the simulation software for single, double, and triple InGaN/GaN quantum wells. The effects of device temperature on the laser threshold current, external differential quantum efficiency （DQE）, and output wavelength are also investigated. The external quantum efficiency and characteristic temperature are improved significantly when the quantum well number is two. It is indicated that the laser structures with many quantum wells will suffer from the inhomogeneity of the carrier density within the quantum well itself which affects the LD performance.     

The effects of quantum wells number and the built-in polarization on the performance of quaternary AlInGaN UV laser diode

The performance of quaternary Al_0.08In_0.08Ga_0.84N multi-quantum well (MQW) laser diodes (LDs) using the simulation program of Integrated System Engineering Technical Computer Aided design (ISE TCAD) was studied. The simulation results show that the low threshold current, high output power and slope efficiency can be obtained when the quantum wells number is 4. Although, the fourth quantum well which placed in the right side (n-side) of the active region has a negative value of optical gain this means that the optical gain does not occur in this quantum well of laser structure. However, high external differential quantum efficiency (DQE) inside the active region was also observed. Optical gain and intensity were increased when the numbers of quantum wells increase reached 4. The built-in electric field effect inside the quantum well leads to the reduction of the overlap integral between the electrons and holes by separating their wave function was included. As well as, Al_0.25In_0.08Ga_0.67N electron blocking layer (EBL) employed to enhance the performance of Al_0.08In_0.08Ga_0.84N MQW LDs by increasing the optical confinement factor (OCF) inside the quantum wells.     

1.3-μm InGaAsP planar buried heterostructure laser diodes with AlInAs electron stopper layer

This study reports on the realization of 1.3-μm InGaAsP buried-heterostructure (BH) laser diodes (LDs) via an Fe-doped semi-insulating InP layer and an AlInAs electron stopper layer (ESL). Experimentally, the as-cleaved BH LD with an AlInAs ESL exhibited improved characteristics in terms of threshold current, slope efficiency, and maximum light output power at 90 °C as compared to those of the normal BH LD without an AlInAs ESL. In addition, high internal quantum efficiency or reduced threshold current density was observed, indicating increased modal gain in BH LDs fabricated with an AlInAs epilayer on top of the active region. It was also found that the temperature sensitivity of the BH LDs with an AlInAs ESL is more stable than that of the normal BH LDs. These results could be attributed to the suppression of thermal carrier leakage out of strain-compensated multiple-quantum-well by a large conduction-band offset of the AlInAs/InGaAsP heterojunction. Otherwise, without consideration of damping factor or coupling loss, the 3-dB bandwidth of the proposed BH LDs reaches a high value of 15.3 GHz. Finally, this TO-can packaged BH LD shows an eye-opening feature with the extinction ratio of 7.49 dB while operating at 10 Gbit/s at 50 mA.     

Effect of GaInP intermediate barrier in 1.3 μm compressive-strained GaInAsP/GaInAsP multiple-quantum-wells laser diodes

In this article, 1.3 μm Ga_0.27In_0.63As_0.67P_0.33/Ga_0.11In_0.89As_0.24P_0.76 compressive-strain multiple-quantum-wells (CS-MQWs) with Ga_0.09In_0.91P intermediate barrier (IB) laser diodes (LDs) have been grown by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD). The photoluminescence (PL) measurement indicates that the CS-MQWs with 20 Å Ga_0.09In_0.91P IB have the narrowest full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 43.9 meV. The 55-μm-width metal contact and 900-μm cavity length as-cleaved broad-area LDs with the Ga_0.09In_0.91P IB have the better performance than those of LDs without Ga_0.09In_0.91P IB, including a threshold current density of 0.86 kA/cm², a differential quantum efficiency of 25.6%, an internal quantum efficiency of 50%, and an internal optical loss of 25 cm⁻¹. Finally, the GaInAsP/GaInAsP CS-MQWs with the Ga_0.09In_0.91P IB LDs were processed as 4-μm-width ridge and an as-cleaved 600-μm-cavity length. It exhibits a threshold current of 38.5 mA, a slope efficiency of 0.16 W/A, a characteristic temperature of 80.5 K, a maximum operating temperature up to 80 °C without power saturation, and a red-shift rate of 0.38 nm/°C, and a relaxation frequency response of 5.8 GHz. The 3-dB bandwidth for the LDs with GaInP IB is as high as 9 GHz without considering the damping factor and coupling loss.     

Effects of quantum confined stark effect and well thickness on optical properties of double quantum wells violet InGaN laser diodes

The effects of quantum confined stark effect (QCSE) and quantum well (QW) thickness on the optical properties of violet InGaN laser diodes (LDs) have numerically been investigated. The simulation results indicated that the QCSE greatly effects the optical properties of LDs, where QCSE relates to the QW thickness and it increases when the QW thickness is wider which leads to deteriorating of the optical proprieties of the violet InGaN LD. The polarization in the active region of the InGaN LD has been estimated by the blue shift of the wavelength and it is found that the blue shift of the wavelength depends on the QW thickness. The major simulation result has shown that the best properties of violet InGaN LD can be obtained with smaller QW thickness, where more carriers can be restricted, stayed and overlapped inside the QW which leads to a larger stimulated recombination rate and optical material gain which in turn increase the output power of the LD; while decreasing the threshold current of the LD.     

Simulation and optimization of deep violet InGaN double quantum well laser

The performance characteristics of a deep violet InGaN double quantum well laser diode (LD) such as threshold current (I_th), external differential quantum efficiency (DQE) and output power have been investigated using the Integrated System Engineering Technical Computer Aided Design (ISE-TCAD) software. As well as its operating parameters such as internal quantum efficiency (η_i), internal loss (α_i) and transparency threshold current density (J₀) have been studied. Since, we are interested to investigate the mentioned characteristics and parameters independent of well and barrier thickness, therefore to reach a desired output wavelength, the indium mole fraction of wells and barriers has been varied consequently. The indium mole fractions of well and barrier layers have been considered 0.08 and 0.0, respectively. Some important parameters such as Al mole fraction of the electronic blocking layer (EBL) and cavity length which affect performance characteristics were also investigated. The optimum values of the Al mole fraction and cavity length in this study are 0.15 and 400 μm, respectively. The lowest threshold current, the highest DQE and output power which obtained at the emission wavelength of 391.5 nm are 43.199 mA, 44.99% and 10.334 mW, respectively.     

GaN-based violet laser diodes grown on free-standing GaN substrate

A violet laser diode (LD) structure is grown on a free-standing c-plane GaN substrate and 4~μ m× 800~μ m ridge waveguide LDs are fabricated. The electrical and the optical characteristics of LDs under different facet-coating and chip-mounting conditions are investigated under pulse mode operation. The active region temperatures of p-side up and p-side down mounted LDs are calculated with different injection currents. The calculated thermal resistances of p-side up and p-side down mounted LDs are 4.6~K/W and 3~K/W, respectively. The threshold current of the p-side down mounted LD is much lower than that of the p-side up mounted LD. The blue shift of the emission wavelength with increasing injection current is observed only for the LD with p-side down mounting configuration, due to the more efficient heat dissipation.     

808 nm大功率半导体激光器阵列的优化设计

 采用激射波长为808 nm的GaAs/AlGaAs梯度折射率波导分别限制单量子阱结构外延片,制备了沟道深度不同的半导体激光器阵列,并对载流子分布进行理论分析和模拟。理论和实验结果表明：引入脊形台面和隔离沟道后,激光器阵列的输出功率、电光转换效率、斜率效率和光谱特性均有显著提高。随着沟道的加深,对电流侧向扩散的限制作用增强,从而提高了阵列性能。     

Effect of Droop Phenomenon in InGaN/GaN Blue Laser Diodes on Threshold Current

Electroluminescence(EL) and temperature-dependent photoluminescence measurements are performed to study the internal quantum efficiency droop phenomenon of blue laser diodes(LDs) before lasing. Based on the ABC mode, the EL result demonstrates that non-radiative recombination rates of LDs with threshold current densities of 4 and 6 kA/cm~2 are similar, while LD with threshold current density of 4 kA/cm~2 exhibits a smaller augerlike recombination rate compared with the one of 6 kA/cm~2. The internal quantum efficiency droop is more serious for LD with higher threshold current density. The internal quantum efficiency value estimated from temperature-dependent photoluminescence is consistent with EL measurements.     

The beam properties of high-power InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers

The vertical beam quality factor of the fundamental TE propagating mode for InGaAs/AlGaAs SCH DQW lasers emitting at 940 nm is investigated by using the transfer matrix method and the non-paraxial vectorial moment theory for non-paraxial beams. An experimental approach is given for the measurement of the equivalent vertical beam quality factor of an InGaAs/AlGaAs SCH DQW laser. It has been shown that the vertical beam quality factor M_x² is always larger than unity, whether the thickness of the active region of LDs is much smaller than the emission wavelength or not.     

带有非吸收窗口的高性能InGaAs/AlGaAs量子阱激光二极管

为了解决限制近红外单发射区InGaAs/AlGaAs量子阱半导体激光二极管失效阈值功率提升的腔面光学灾变损伤问题,研制了一种带有Si杂质诱导量子阱混杂非吸收窗口的新型激光二极管,并对其性能进行了测试分析.首先,对于带有非吸收窗口的二极管,在其谐振腔上方前后腔面附近的窗口区域覆盖50 nm Si/100 nm SiO2组...     

High power AlGaInP laser diodes with zinc-diffused window mirror structure

The technology of zinc-diffusion to improve catastrophic optical damage (COD) threshold of compressively strained GaInP/A1GaInP quantum well laser diodes has been introduced. After zinc-diffusion, about 20-μm-long region at each facet of laser diode has been formed to serve as the window of the lasing light. As a result, the COD threshold has been significantly improved due to the enlargement of bandgap by the zinc-diffusion induced quantum well intermixing, compared with that of the conventional non-window structure. 40-mW continuous wave output power with the fundamental transverse mode has been realized under room temperature for the 3.5-μm-wide ridge waveguide diode. The operation current is 84 mA and the slope efficiency is 0.74 W/A at 40 mW. The lasing wavelength is 656 nm.     

Threshold current density in ZnS/MgBeZnS quantum well ultraviolet lasers

We calculate optical gain coefficient and threshold current density in ZnS/MgBeZnS quantum wells (QWs) because ZnS/MgBeZnS QWs are useful for the fabrication of an ultraviolet laser on zinc-blende substrates. The threshold current density in a ZnS/MgBeZnS QW laser diode (LD) with a 10 nm ZnS active layer is calculated to be 1.63 kA/cm². By comparing the measured J _th in a CdZnSe/ZnSSe/ZnMgSSe QW LD with that calculated by us, it is expected that the threshold current density in ZnS/MgBeZnS QW LDs measured by experiment is larger than that calculated by our calculation method.     

Bleaching effect in passive regions of powerful 1.02 μm InGaAs/AlGaAs DQW laser diodes with ridged waveguide structure

It has been shown that the cavity trapped amplified luminescence (CTAL) flux formed within the active region of a powerful 1.02 μm InGaAs/AlGaAs DQW laser diode (LD) with a ridged waveguide structure, can cause the bleaching of passive areas leading to abrupt hysteresis-type changes in the light–current and spectral characteristics. The post-threshold rise of the CTAL flux within the non-lasing parts of the active region is most likely to play significant role in the nonlinear optical phenomena observed in investigated LDs. The frequency-integrated CTAL flux density at which bleaching takes place is equal to 6.5×10⁸ W/m². The hysteresis-type loop can be removed through the LD “run-in” procedure or high-temperature annealing of the LD chip in an hydrogen atmosphere. PACS 42.55.Px; 42.70.Hj     

猝发双脉冲直线感应加速器组元研究

在原单脉冲直线感应加速器（LIA）组元的基础上，利用电缆延时和电缆反射两种方式获得了间隔500～1 000 ns的猝发双脉冲输出。在感应加速腔上进行了双脉冲实验，获得了幅度大于200 kV、前沿小于35 ns、平顶大于60 ns的双脉冲加速电压波形。两种方式中第一个脉冲的前沿和幅度都达到了原单脉冲组元的水平，表明加速腔负载的变化对波形没有明显影响，但由于电缆对波形的损耗，第二个脉冲的幅度和前沿比第一个脉冲略差。可以利用水介质传输线来代替长电缆，减小传输线的长度及其对波形的损耗。两个脉冲间的幅度差异可以通过改变长电缆的阻抗来调节。实验表明，通过这两种猝发双脉冲的产生方式并结合加速腔磁芯的改进，可简单高效地完成原单脉冲LIA的双脉冲改造。     

High-power continuous-wave Nd:GdVO4 slab laser pumped directly into the F3/2 emitting level

95.6 W continuous-wave laser power output in 880 nm LD partially end-pumped Nd:GdVO₄ slab laser with a hybrid resonator is presented. The slope efficiency and optical-to-optical efficiency were 46.5% and nearly 42.6%, respectively. At the output power of 82 W, beam quality M² factors were 1.1 in the unstable direction and 1.36 in the stable direction, respectively.     

InGaAsP分别限制量子阱激光器

长波长InGaAsP量子阱激光器,以其低阈值、窄光谱线宽和高的调制频带宽等优良特性而成为大容量通信的基础。为此,我们利用低压MOVCD技术生长了1.62μm和1.3μm的InGaAsP材料,测得其77K光荧光(PL)谱线半峰高宽分别为18.7meV和28meV.利用X射线双晶衍射测得两种材料的晶格失配度不大于1×10^-3.并生长了四个不同阱宽的InGaAsP/InP量子阱结构,测得77K温度下的PL谱,分析了阱宽对发光波长及半峰宽的影响,并提出在量子阱激光器中减小界面层影响的方法。在此基础上,生长了分别限制量子阱激光器结构,并利用质子轰击制备出条形结构激光器,测得其最低阈值电流为100mA.直流工作光谱峰值波长为1.52μm左右,单面输出外微分量子效率约为36%.     

低阈值单横模852nm半导体激光器

基于波导理论、等效折射率方法,设计并制备了非对称波导隔离双沟结构脊型边发射激光器,最终获得了低闽值单基侧模852 nm激光器.详细研究了不同脊型台深宽比参数设计对激光器侧向模式特性的影响规律,实现了腔面未镀膜情况下脊型波导边发射激光器的单基侧模稳定输出,同时激射波长可以精确调谐到852 nm;工作电流达到150 mA,工作温度30℃;斜率效率最高可达0.89 nW/mA,光谱半宽小于1 nm.研究结果为进一步实现超窄线宽激光器提供了参考和借鉴,并且为实现激光器稳定输出提供了实验基础.