Continuous-Wave Operation of a Lateral Current Injection Ridge Waveguide AlGaAs/GaAs Laser with a Selectively-Doped Heterostructure

Yoshiaki Honda, I. Suemune, N. Yasuhira, Masamichi Yamanishi Masamichi Yamanishi

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1991 · 14 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Continuous-wave operation of a lateral current injection ridge waveguide AlGaAs/GaAs laser with a selectively doped heterostructure was achieved by mainly improving the surface ohmic contacts after chemical etching. The laser threshold current under the pulsed operation was reduced to 6.5 mA, which is about a half of the threshold current in the previous laser structure.

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