High power CW (16W) and pulse (145W) laser diodes based on quantum well heterostructures

Ilya S Tarasov; Nikita A Pikhtin; Sergey O Slipchenko; Zinaida N Sokolova; Dmitry A Vinokurov; Kirill S Borschev; Vladimir A Kapitonov; Maxim A Khomylev; Andrey Yu Leshko; Andrey V Lyutetskiy; Alexey L Stankevich

doi:10.1016/j.saa.2006.10.051

High power CW (16W) and pulse (145W) laser diodes based on quantum well heterostructures

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2007 Apr;66(4-5):819-23. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2006.10.051. Epub 2006 Nov 6.

Authors

Ilya S Tarasov¹, Nikita A Pikhtin, Sergey O Slipchenko, Zinaida N Sokolova, Dmitry A Vinokurov, Kirill S Borschev, Vladimir A Kapitonov, Maxim A Khomylev, Andrey Yu Leshko, Andrey V Lyutetskiy, Alexey L Stankevich

Affiliation

¹ Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 26 Polytekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

PMID: 17270490
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2006.10.051

Abstract

We suggested and experimentally confirmed the effective method of internal optical loss reduction by high order mode suppression in a separate confinement quantum well laser heterostructure with asymmetric ultra thick waveguide. Manufacturing of InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs laser heterostructure with a 1.7 microm-thick asymmetric waveguide allowed attaining super low value of internal optical loss alphai=0.34 cm-1 preserving high efficiency and fundamental transverse mode operation. Record-high 16 W continuous wave (CW) and 145 W pulse room temperature front facet output optical power and 74% wallplug efficiency were attained in 100-microm-aperture 1.06-microm-emitting laser diodes with 3 mm cavity length.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Lasers*
Quantum Theory*
Temperature