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Influence of Mirror Reflectivity on Laser Performance of Very-Low-Threshold Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

  • Gye Mo Yang
  • , Michael H. MacDougal
  • , Vasily Pudikov
  • , P. Daniel Dapkus
  • University of Southern California

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Abstract

The influence of mirror reflectivity on laser performance of InGaAs–GaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers fabricated by selective oxidation is investigated by the stepwise change of the number of pairs in top mirror stack after device fabrication. Devices with 18-pair stacks in the top mirror, which is the optimized number of pairs in this structure, show an output power over 1.9 mW and a slope efficiency of 55% while maintaining a low threshold current of 212 µA. The analysis of the threshold current and differential efficiency related to mirror reflectivity shows an internal quantum efficiency of 95 %, an internal round-trip loss of 0.07 %, and a transparency current density of 71 A/cm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1228-1230
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995.11

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