CONTINUOUS-WAVE VISIBLE INGAP/INGAALP QUANTUM-WELL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER-DIODES

Abstract

Vertical cavity top surface emitting lasers in the 0.66 mum visible spectral region were fabricated by the metal-organic chemical vapour deposition technique. The continuous wave threshold currents I(th) are 3.9 and 4.6 mA at -75 and -25-degrees-C, respectively, for 15 mum diameter devices. The lasers can also be operated at room temperature, but only in a pulsed mode with an I(th) of 12 mA at 25-degrees-C.