Room-temperature operation of lattice-matched InP/Ga0.47In0.53As/InP double-heterostructure lasers grown by MBE

B.I. Miller, J. H. McFee, R. J. Martin, P. K. Tien

Applied Physics Letters · 1978 · 56 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of InP/Ga0.47In0.53As/InP double heterostructures has resulted in pulsed room-temperature lasing at 1.65 μm. Thresholds as low as 3.2 kA/cm2 for a 0.6-μm-thick layer has been achieved. These results were achieved by ’’premixing’’ the Ga and In together in a common source oven and precisely monitoring the Ga/In flux ratio during the growth of the Ga0.47In0.53As layer. Cd diffusion from a vapor source allowed us to p dope the top InP layer in the as-grown MBE wafer.

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