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MID-IR Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

I. Vurgaftman ,
W. W. Bewley ,
C. L. Felix ,
E. H. Aifer ,
J. R. Meyer ,
L. Goldberg ,
D. H. Chow  and
E. Selvig
I. Vurgaftman
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
W. W. Bewley
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
C. L. Felix
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
E. H. Aifer
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
J. R. Meyer
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
L. Goldberg
Affiliation:
Code 5600, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
D. H. Chow
Affiliation:
Hughes Research Laboratory, MS RL63, Malibu, CA 90265
E. Selvig
Affiliation:
Hughes Research Laboratory, MS RL63, Malibu, CA 90265
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Abstract

An optically pumped mid-infrared vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser based on an active region with a “W” configuration of type-II antimonide quantum wells is reported. The emission wavelength of 2.9 ym has a weak temperature variation (dλ/dT ≈ 0.07 – 0.09 nm/K), and the multimode linewidth is quite narrow (2.5–4 nm). Lasing is observed up to T = 280 K in pulsed mode and up to 160 K cw. Under cw excitation at T = 78 K, the threshold pump power is as low as 4 mW for a 6 am spot, and the differential power conversion efficiency is 4.5%.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 484: Symposium F – Infrared Applications of Semiconductors II , 1997 , 95
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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