Low-threshold, high-temperature pulsed operation of InGaAsP/InP vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Hiroshi Wada, D.I. Babic, D. L. Crawford, T.E. Reynolds, J.J. Dudley, John E. Bowers, Evelyn L. Hu, J. L. Merz, B.I. Miller, U. Koren,

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1991 · 49 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Room-temperature pulsed operation of InGaAsP (1.3 mu m)/InP vertical cavity surface emitting lasers has been achieved with threshold current as low as 50 mA using a constricted-mesa structure with dielectric mirrors. Above-room-temperature operation has also been realized with a maximum operation temperature of 66 degrees C. Pulsed and continuous-wave threshold currents at 77 K are 1.5 and 3.9 mA, respectively.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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