Electronics Letters · 1999 · 22 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesLaser DiodesLaser PhysicsOptoelectronic DevicesQuantum OptoelectronicsQuantum Well DevicesSemiconductor LasersDiode Laser Threshold CurrentQuantum Well Laser DiodesQuantum Well LasersSemiconductor Laser Diodes
InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs multiquantum well microdisk laser diodes have been realised which operate continuously at room temperature. A threshold current of Ith = 1.2 mA has been measured for a R = 4.75 µm radius disk with lasing emission wavelength near λ = 1.0 µm.
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