Fabrication of V-grooved inner stripe GaAs-AlGaAs quantum-wire lasers

Tae Geun Kim, Sung Min Hwang, Eun Kyu Kim, Suk Ki Min, Jong Il Jeon, Si Jong Leem, Jichai Jeong, Jung Ho Park

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    Abstract

    V-grooved inner stripe (VIS) GaAs-AlGaAs quantum-wire (QWR) lasers were successfully fabricated by combining two-step metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth with a wet-etching technique. In order to achieve low threshold current density and high reliability, a conductive stripe width (W), a thickness (tp-CBL), and a doping concentration (np-CBL) of the p-GaAs current-blocking layer (CBL) were determined to be W = 1.2 μm, tp-CBL = 2 μm, and np-CBL = 1 × 1018 cm-3. The leakage currents passing through the CBL were also estimated using a modified P-SPICE. Thus far, a threshold current of 45 mA and an output power of 4 mW at 51 mA have been achieved under room-temperature pulsed operation for some devices with uncoated facets.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)274-276
    Number of pages3
    JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume9
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1997 Mar

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Manuscript received September 26, 1996; revised November 4, 1996. This work was supported by KIST 2000 program under Contract 2V00152. T. G. Kim, S.-M. Hwang, E. K. Kim, and S.-K. Min are with the Semiconductor Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul 130-650, Korea. J.-I. Jeon, S.-J. Leem, J. Jeong, and J.-Ho. Park are with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea. Publisher Item Identifier S 1041-1135(97)01933-2.

    Keywords

    • MOCVD
    • Two-step growth with a wet etching technique
    • V-grooved inner stripe quantum-wire laser
    • p-n junction isolation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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