Characteristics of Indium-Gallium-Nitride Multiple-Quantum-Well Blue Laser Diodes Grown by MOCVD


M.P. Mack
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Departments, University of California, Santa Barbara
and
Wright Laboratories (WL/AADD)

A. Abare, M. Aizcorbe, Peter Kozodoy , S. Keller, U. K. Mishra, L. Coldren, Steven DenBaars
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Departments, University of California, Santa Barbara

This article was received on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 and accepted on Wednesday, September 17, 1997.

Abstract

Room temperature (RT) pulsed operation of blue (420 nm) nitride based multi-quantum well (MQW) laser diodes grown on c-plane sapphire substrates with lifetimes exceeding 6 hours have been demonstrated. Threshold current densities as low as 12.7 kA/cm2 were observed for 10x1200 µm lasers with uncoated reactive ion etched (RIE) facets. The emission is strongly TE polarized and has a sharp transition in the far field pattern above threshold.

Outline

  • Introduction
  • Experiment
  • Results
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Linked Pages

    Cite this article as: MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 2, 41(1997).

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