Gain and Threshold Improvements of 1300 nm Lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs Superlattice Active Regions

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Main Authors: Babichev, Andrey, Pirogov, Evgeniy, Sobolev, Maksim, Blokhin, Sergey, Shernyakov, Yuri, Maximov, Mikhail, Lutetskiy, Andrey, Pikhtin, Nikita, Karachinsky, Leonid, Novikov, Innokenty, Egorov, Anton, Tian, Si-Cong, Bimberg, Dieter
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author Babichev, Andrey
Pirogov, Evgeniy
Sobolev, Maksim
Blokhin, Sergey
Shernyakov, Yuri
Maximov, Mikhail
Lutetskiy, Andrey
Pikhtin, Nikita
Karachinsky, Leonid
Novikov, Innokenty
Egorov, Anton
Tian, Si-Cong
Bimberg, Dieter
author_facet Babichev, Andrey
Pirogov, Evgeniy
Sobolev, Maksim
Blokhin, Sergey
Shernyakov, Yuri
Maximov, Mikhail
Lutetskiy, Andrey
Pikhtin, Nikita
Karachinsky, Leonid
Novikov, Innokenty
Egorov, Anton
Tian, Si-Cong
Bimberg, Dieter
contents A detailed experimental analysis of the impact of active region design on the performance of 1300 nm lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs superlattices is presented. Three different types of superlattice active regions and waveguide layer compositions were grown. Using a superlattice allows to downshift the energy position of the miniband, as compared to thin InGaAs quantum wells, having the same composition, being beneficial for high-temperature operation. Very low internal loss (~6$cm^{-1}$), low transparency current density of ~500$ A/cm^2$, together with 46$ cm^{-1}$ modal gain and 53 % internal efficiency were observed for broad-area lasers with an active region based on a highly strained $In_{0.74}Ga_{0.26}As/In_{0.53}Al_{0.25}Ga_{0.22}As$ superlattice. Characteristic temperatures $T_0$ and $T_1$ were improved up to 76 K and 100 K, respectively. These data suggest that such superlattices have also the potential to much improve VCSEL properties at this wavelength.
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spellingShingle Gain and Threshold Improvements of 1300 nm Lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs Superlattice Active Regions
Babichev, Andrey
Pirogov, Evgeniy
Sobolev, Maksim
Blokhin, Sergey
Shernyakov, Yuri
Maximov, Mikhail
Lutetskiy, Andrey
Pikhtin, Nikita
Karachinsky, Leonid
Novikov, Innokenty
Egorov, Anton
Tian, Si-Cong
Bimberg, Dieter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
A detailed experimental analysis of the impact of active region design on the performance of 1300 nm lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs superlattices is presented. Three different types of superlattice active regions and waveguide layer compositions were grown. Using a superlattice allows to downshift the energy position of the miniband, as compared to thin InGaAs quantum wells, having the same composition, being beneficial for high-temperature operation. Very low internal loss (~6$cm^{-1}$), low transparency current density of ~500$ A/cm^2$, together with 46$ cm^{-1}$ modal gain and 53 % internal efficiency were observed for broad-area lasers with an active region based on a highly strained $In_{0.74}Ga_{0.26}As/In_{0.53}Al_{0.25}Ga_{0.22}As$ superlattice. Characteristic temperatures $T_0$ and $T_1$ were improved up to 76 K and 100 K, respectively. These data suggest that such superlattices have also the potential to much improve VCSEL properties at this wavelength.
title Gain and Threshold Improvements of 1300 nm Lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs Superlattice Active Regions
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02469