Novel Hole well antimonide laser diodes on GaSb operating near 2.93 µm

International audienceThe operation of electrically-pumped type-II Sb-based laser diodes in which only the holes are quantum confined is reported. These laser structures were fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy on (001) GaSb substrates. In the multi-quantum well region, radiative recombinations originate from InGaSb hole wells embedded in InGaAsSb barriers lattice-matched to GaSb. Laser operation was demonstrated from such structures up to 243 K at 2.93 mum in the pulsed regime (200 ns, 5 kHz). A minimum threshold of about 12.8 kW/cm2 combined with a T0 around 70 K have been measure

Growth and characterization of GaInSb/GaInAsSb hole-well laser diodes emitting near 2.93 μm

International audienceThe growth by molecular-beam epitaxy of novel electrically pumped type-II multi-quantum well (MQW) Sb-based laser diodes in which only the holes are quantum confined was studied. These laser structures were fabricated on (0 0 1) GaSb substrates. In the MQW region, radiative recombinations originate from InGaSb hole wells embedded in InGaAsSb barriers lattice matched to GaSb. Two different laser structures were developed. The first one exhibited a well/barrier periodicity that was too short, which led to a laser emission near 2.65 μm originating from the waveguide rather than from the wells. With an improved well/barrier periodicity, the second structure exhibited laser emission up to 243 K at 2.93 μm in the pulsed regime (200 ns, 5 kHz). In this case, the laser photons were effectively produced by the hole-well active region. A minimum threshold of about 12.8 kA/cm2 at 80 K combined with a T0 around 70 K have been measured from this second structure

Modeling bidirectionally coupled single-mode semiconductor lasers

12 pages, 9 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 42.55.Px, 05.45.Xt, 42.65.Sf, 05.45.Vx.We develop a dynamical model suitable for the description of two mutually coupled semiconductor lasers in a face-to-face configuration. Our study considers the propagation of the electric field along the compound system as well as the evolution of the carrier densities within each semiconductor laser. Mutual injection, passive optical feedback, and multiple reflections are accounted for in this framework, although under weak to moderate coupling conditions. We systematically describe the effect of the coupling strength on the spectrum of monochromatic solutions and on the respective dynamical behavior. By assuming single-longitudinal-mode operation, weak mutual coupling and slowly varying approximation, the dynamical model can be reduced to rate equations describing the mutual injection from one laser to its counterpart and vice versa. A good agreement between the complete and simplified models is found for small coupling. For larger coupling, higher-order terms lead to a smaller threshold reduction, reflected itself in the spectrum of the monochromatic solutions and in the dynamics of the optical power.This work has been funded through the Spanish MCyT under Project Nos. CONOCE BFM2000-1108 and SINFIBIO BFM2001-0341-C01, and the European Commission under Project No. OCCULT IST-2000-29683. C. M. was partially supported by PEDECIBA, CSIC (URUGUAY), and the Universitat de les Illes Balears.Peer reviewe