Insulating carbon coating on (AlGa)As DH laser facets

T. Furuse, T. Suzuki, Shohei Matsumoto, Katsuhiko Nishida, Yasuo Nannichi

Applied Physics Letters · 1978 · 21 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Insulating carbon films were developed to prevent facet deterioration of (AlGa)As DH lasers. Chemically durable optically transparent carbon film was obtained by a carbon ion-beam deposition technique. Stable lasing operations have been obtained with carbon coated lasers for over 6000 h.

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