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Hier finden Sie wissenschaftliche Publikationen aus den Fraunhofer-Instituten. MBE growth and characterization of 5-µm quantum-cascade lasers
| Semiconductors 44 (2010), No.7, pp.962-968 ISSN: 0038-5700 ISSN: 1063-7826 |
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| English |
| Journal Article |
| Fraunhofer HHI () |
Abstract
Quantum-cascade lasers, which are obtained by molecular-beam epitaxy, emit at wavelengths of 5.0 mu m at 77 K and 5.2 mu m at 300 K and are based on a design with four quantum wells in the active region with vertical transitions and strain-compensated superlattices with high-efficiency injection and a short lifetime of the ground state are fabricated. The typical thresholds for lasing at 300 K were in the range 4-10 kA/cm(2). The maximum emission power was as high as similar to 1 W, the maximum lasing temperature was similar to 450 K, and the maximum characteristic temperature T-0 approximate to 200 K. The use of a modified process of postgrowth treatment made it possible to reproducibly obtain high-quality devices.