高功率980nm非对称宽波导半导体激光器设计

设计了980nm非对称宽波导InGaAs/InGaAsP量子阱激光器,并在结构中插入电流阻挡层,有效地阻止载流子的泄露。用LASTIP软件对980nm非对称宽波导量子阱激光器进行理论模拟,与传统的980nm对称宽波导量子阱激光器相比,非对称宽波导量子阱激光器波导和量子阱之间有更小的能带差,非对称宽波导结构具有更低的阈值电流,更高的斜效率以及更低的阻抗,所以带有电流阻挡层的980nm非对称宽波导InGaAs/InGaAsP量子阱激光器有更高的光电转换效率和输出功率。     

非对称异质波导半导体激光器结构

提出了一种非对称异质波导半导体激光器外延结构,即通过优化选择材料体系和结构厚度,对器件外延层的P侧限制结构和N侧限制结构分别设计,从而降低器件的电压损耗,使其满足高输出功率以及高的电光转换效率的要求.从载流子的输运和限制等微观机制出发,对器件的主要输出特性进行了理论分析和数值模拟,并以此为根据设计和制作了一种1060 nm In Ga As/Ga As单量子阱非对称异质波导结构半导体激光器,并对器件的主要输出特性进行了测试.实验结果表明,非对称异质结构是降低器件的电压降、增大限制结构对注入载流子的限制,提高半导体激光器电光转换效率的有效措施.     

976 nm锥形半导体激光器结构设计与优化

锥形半导体激光器具有高亮度、高光束质量等特点。通过借助数值模拟仿真软件Lastip,优化设计了976 nm锥形半导体激光器结构。在低光限制因子Г条件下,确定了InGaAs/AlGaAs量子阱厚度及非对称波导厚度比值关键参数,并分析了主振荡器的注入光功率和耦合进锥形区的基侧模衍射分布特性。研究结果表明:与传统的单量子阱器件结构相比,当光限制因子Г相同均为2%时,在工作电流为3 A条件下,优化设计的非对称双量子阱结构主振荡器的基侧模分布更为集中。其注入光功率由2.76 W提升至3.67 W,同时耦合进锥形区的基侧模衍射分布更为均匀,并具有稳定的电光转换效率。     

GaAlAs/GaAs多量子阱激光器结构设计

本文详细地讨论了多量子阱激光器材料的结构设计、量子阱结构对激射波长的影响以及波导限制层铝含量x值对光限制因子的影响.用由密度矩阵理论推导的线性光增益公式,计算了光增益.从受激阈值条件得到最佳阱数和最佳腔长.为多量子阱激光器材料结构设计提供了有效的方法.     

大功率宽面808nm GaAsP/AlGaAs量子阱激光器分别限制结构设计

本文对有源区条宽100μm的GaAsP/AlGaAs 808nm量子阱激光器分别限制结构进行了理论分析和设计.选取了三种情况的波导层和限制层的铝组分,分别计算和分析了波导层厚度与激光器光限制因子、最大出光功率、垂直发散角和阈值电流密度的函数关系.根据计算结果可知:当波导层和限制层铝组分为0.4和0.5时,采用窄波导结构可以获得器件的最大输出功率为11.2W,发散角为19°,阈值电流密度为266A/cm2;采用宽波导结构可以得到器件的最大输出功率为9.4W,发散角为32°,阈值电流密度为239A/cm2.     

大功率宽面808nm GaAsP/AlGaAs量子阱激光器分别限制结构设计

本文对有源区条宽100μm的GaAsP/AlGaAs 808nm量子阱激光器分别限制结构进行了理论分析和设计.选取了三种情况的波导层和限制层的铝组分,分别计算和分析了波导层厚度与激光器光限制因子、最大出光功率、垂直发散角和阈值电流密度的函数关系.根据计算结果可知:当波导层和限制层铝组分为0.4和0.5时,采用窄波导结构可以获得器件的最大输出功率为11.2W,发散角为19°,阈值电流密度为266A/cm2;采用宽波导结构可以得到器件的最大输出功率为9.4W,发散角为32°,阈值电流密度为239A/cm2.     

AlGaN/GaN/InGaN对称分别限制多量子阱激光器的优化设计

采用一维传递矩阵法模拟计算了AlGaN/GaN/InGaN对称分别限制多量子阱激光器(发射波长为396.6nm)的波导特性.以光限制因子、阈值电流密度和功率效率作为优化参量,获得激光器的优化结构参数为:3周期量子阱In0.02Ga0.98N/In0.15Ga0.85N(10.5nm/3.5nm)作为有源层,90nm In0.1Ga0.9N为波导层,120周期Al0.25Ga0.75N/GaN(2.5nm/2.5nm)为限制层.     

AlGaN/GaN/InGaN对称分别限制多量子阱激光器的优化设计

采用一维传递矩阵法模拟计算了AlGaN/GaN/InGaN对称分别限制多量子阱激光器(发射波长为396.6nm)的波导特性.以光限制因子、阈值电流密度和功率效率作为优化参量,获得激光器的优化结构参数为:3周期量子阱In0.02Ga0.98N/In0.15Ga0.85N(10.5nm/3.5nm)作为有源层,90nm In0.1Ga0.9N为波导层,120周期Al0.25Ga0.75N/GaN(2.5nm/2.5nm)为限制层.     

混合应变多量子阱波导结构设计

本文从理论上对混合应变量子结构（既有张应变量子阱又有压应变量子阱）的光学限制因子进行了讨论。由于垒层宽度较小，其变化量也不大，对光学影响相对小一些。当各层的折射率一定时，对称和非对称结构的最佳波导层厚度差不多，限制因子与波导层厚度的关系也类似，在最佳波导层厚度附近的区域，ГＴＭ／ГＴＥ比值变化对波导层厚比较敏感，这点可以用于偏振无关放大器的设计中，因为我们能够通过调节波导层厚度改变ＴＭ／ＴＥ模式增     

小发散角量子阱激光器研究

使用三层平板波导理论分析了半导体量子阱激光器远场分布。针对大功率激光器讨论了极窄和模式扩展波导结构方法减小垂直方向远场发散角,得到了极窄波导结构量子阱激光器远场分布的简化模型,获得了垂直发散角的理论值,垂直方向远场发散角减小为28.6°;使用传输矩阵方法模拟了模式扩展波导结构量子阱激光器的近场光斑及远场分布,垂直方向远场发散角减小为16°。实验测试了极窄和模式扩展波导结构量子阱激光器的垂直发散角,理论结果与实验测试获得的发散角基本一致,实现了降低发散角的要求,获得了小发散角量子阱激光器。     

808 nm大功率无铝有源区非对称波导结构激光器

采用分别限制非对称波导结构,将光场从对称分布变为非对称分布,降低了载流子光吸收损耗,并允许p型区具有更高的掺杂水平,从而使器件电阻降低.对GaAsP/GaInP张应变单量子阱(SQW)非对称波导结构激光器的光场特性进行了理论分析,设计了波导层厚度,并制作了波长为808 nm的无铝有源区大功率半导体激光器.器件综合特性测试结果为:腔长900μm器件的阈值电流密度典型值为400 A/cm2,内损耗低至1.0 cm-1;连续工作条件下,150μm条宽器件输出功率达到6 W,最大斜率效率为1.25 W/A.器件激射波长为807.5 nm,平行和垂直结的发散角分别为3.0°和34.8°.20~70℃范围内特征温度达到133 K.结果表明,分别限制非对称波导结构是降低内损耗,提高大功率半导体激光器特性的有效措施.     

An asymmetric broad waveguide structure for a 0.98-μm high-conversion-efficiency diode laser

A novel asymmetric broad waveguide diode laser structure was designed for high power conversion efficiency (PCE). The internal quantum efficiency, the series resistance, and the thermal resistance were theoretically optimized. The series resistance and the thermal resistance were greatly decreased by optimizing the thickness of the P-waveguide and the P-cladding layers. The internal quantum efficiency was increased by introducing a novel strain-compensated GaAs0.9P0.1/InGaAs quantum well. Experimentally, a single 1-cm bar with 20% fill factor and 900 μm cavity length was mounted P-side down on a microchannel-cooled heatsink, and a peak PCE of 60% is obtained at 26.3-W continuous wave output power. The results prove that this novel asymmetric waveguide structure design is an efficient approach to improve the PCE.     

An asymmetric broad waveguide structure for a 0.98-μm high-conversion-efficiency diode laser

A novel asymmetric broad waveguide diode laser structure was designed for high power conversion efficiency（PCE）.The internal quantum efficiency,the series resistance,and the thermal resistance were theoretically optimized.The series resistance and the thermal resistance were greatly decreased by optimizing the thickness of the P-waveguide and the P-cladding layers.The internal quantum efficiency was increased by introducing a novel strain-compensated GaAs0.9P0.1/InGaAs quantum well.Experimentally,a single 1-cm bar with 20% fill factor and 900 μm cavity length was mounted P-side down on a microchannel-cooled heatsink,and a peak PCE of 60% is obtained at 26.3-W continuous wave output power.The results prove that this novel asymmetric waveguide structure design is an efficient approach to improve the PCE.     

1.3 μm multiquantum well decoupled confinement heterostructure(MQW-DCH) laser diodes

A 1.3-μm multi-quantum-well decoupled confinement heterostructure (MQW-DCH) laser diode has been developed. This structure introduces internal barriers between the active quantum wells and the optical waveguide. It is thus possible to have, at the same time, deep quantum wells to prevent carrier leakage and a strong optical waveguide with a high confinement factor. The barrier parameters have been optimized using numerical modeling tools, and the DCH laser diode has been built using chemical beam epitaxy. The broad-area transparency current density is 140 A-cm^-2, the internal efficiency is 0.83, the waveguide loss is 5 cm^-1. and T₀ = 62 K. Ridge waveguide laser diodes have a room temperature threshold of 8 mA and an efficiency of 0.32 mW/mA     

Analysis of distributed feedback semiconductor lasers bytwo-dimensional theory

The two-dimensional theory of distributed feedback (DFB) lasers to take account of the planar waveguide structure which was presented in a previous paper (see ibid., vol.26, no.3, p.467-72, 1990) is applied to the analysis of the DFB laser threshold conditions with respect to the effects of the waveguide structure and the facet reflection. The asymmetric properties of the transverse functions of the coupled modes with respect to the Bragg frequency in the dispersion relations are found to be enhanced by the asymmetric index waveguide structure and by the asymmetric facet reflectivity. Therefore, the resulting confinement factor differences in the grating layer between the two adjacent lasing modes on both sides of the Bragg frequency give large threshold gain differences     

大功率低阈值980nm单模AlGaInAs/AlGaAs量子阱激光器

To achieve low threshold current as well as high single mode output power,a graded index separate confinement heterostructure(GRIN-SCH)AlGaInAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser with an optimized ridge waveguide was fabricated.The threshold current was reduced to 8 mA.An output power of 76 mW was achieved at100 mA current at room temperature,with a slope efficiency of 0.83 W/A and a horizon divergent angle of 6.3.The maximum single mode output power of the device reached as high as 450 mW.     

Capture of charge carriers and output power of a quantum well laser

The effect of noninstantaneous carrier capture by a nanoscale active region on the power characteristics of a semiconductor laser is studied. A laser structure based on a single quantum well is considered. It is shown that delayed carrier capture by the quantum well results in a decrease in the internal differential quantum efficiency and sublinearity of the light-current characteristic of the laser. The main parameter of the developed theoretical model is the velocity of carrier capture from the bulk (waveguide) region to the two-dimensional region (quantum well). The effect of the capture velocity on the dependence of the following laser characteristics on the pump current density is studied: the output optical power, internal quantum efficiency of stimulated emission, current of stimulated recombination in the quantum well, current of spontaneous recombination in the optical confinement layer, and carrier concentration in the optical confinement layer. A decrease in the carrier capture velocity results in a larger sublinearity of the light-current characteristic, which results from an increase in the injection current fraction expended to parasitic spontaneous recombination in the optical confinement layer and, hence, a decrease in the injection current fraction expended to stimulated recombination in the quantum well. A comparison of calculated and experimental light-current characteristics for a structure considered as an example shows that good agreement between them (up to a very high injection current density of 45 kA/cm²) is attained at a capture velocity of 2 × 10⁶ cm/s. The results of this study can be used to optimize quantum well lasers for generating high optical powers.