InAs/GaAs quantum-dot laser diode lasing at 1.3 μm with triple-stacked-layer dots-in-a-well structure grown by atomic layer epitaxy

Kwang Woong Kim, Nam Ki Cho, Sung Phil Ryu, Jin Dong Song, Won Jun Choi, Jung Il Lee, Jung Ho Park

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    Abstract

    We report the first demonstration of room-temperature (RT) lasing at 1.3 μm from the ground state of three-stacked InAs quantum dots (QDs) in an In0.85Ga0.85As quantum well, which was grown by atomic layer epitaxy (ALE). For an as-cleaved device with a 2000-um-long × 15-μm-wide ridge structure, the threshold current density (Jth) at RT is 1.55 A/cm2 with the ground state lasing at 1310 nm under pulsed operation. The thermal coefficient of a lasing wavelength shift is 0.53 nm/K and the characteristic temperature is 103 K near RT. The lasing wavelength of the QD laser diodes (LDs) shows simultaneous lasing and the state switching from the ground state at 1310nm and to the first excited state at 1232nm with increasing injection current owing to the gain saturation of the ground state. The performance of ALE QD-LD is comparable to that of the conventional Stranski-Krastanov QD-LD.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)8010-8013
    Number of pages4
    JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
    Volume45
    Issue number10 A
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006 Oct 15

    Keywords

    • Atomic layer epitaxy
    • Inas/gaas quantum dot
    • Laser diode
    • Simultaneous lasing

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Engineering
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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