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Thermoelastic stress in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers.
- Source :
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Applied Physics Letters . 6/30/2003, Vol. 82 Issue 26, p4639. 3p. 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- We have determined the shear stress associated with the temperature gradient in quantum cascade lasers operated in continuous-wave mode. This information was obtained as a function of the electrical power using a combination of microprobe photoluminescence and anti-Stokes/Stokes Raman measurements in ridge-waveguide GaAs structures mounted epilayer down to the heat sink. At electrical power densities in the order of ∼5 kW/cm(2), the strain in the cladding layers at the edges of the laser ridges reaches the critical value for the creation of misfit dislocations. Above 10-12 kW/cm(2), extended defect formation and eventual device failure are observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LASERS
*PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
*ELECTRONIC probes
*WAVEGUIDES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 26
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10106528
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1586998