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Low-threshold electrically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting microlasers

J. L. Jewell, Ya‐Ze Lee, Sarah J. Walker, A. Scherer, J. P. Harbison, L.T. Florez, S. L. McCall

Electronics Letters · 1989 · 333 citations · 5 references

Concepts

EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesLaser PhysicsOptical SourcesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsQuantum Well DevicesQuantum WellsSemiconductor LasersLaser ThresholdLow-threshold Current LasersMicrolasersQuantum Well LasersThreshold BehaviorThresholdsVertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers

Abstract

Vertical-cavity electrically driven lasers with three GaInAs quantum wells and diameters of several μm exhibit roomtemperature pulsed current thresholds as low as 1·3mA with 958 nm output wavelength.

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