Native-oxidized InAlAs blocking layer buried heterostructure InGaAsP-InP MQW laser for high-temperature operation.

A novel idea of InAlAs native oxide utilized to replace the p-n-p-n thyristor blocking layer and improve the high-temperature performance of the buried heterostructure first proposed and demonstrated. A temperature (To) of 50 K is achieved from an InAlAs native oxide buried heterostructure (NOBH) InGaAsP-InP multiquantum-well laser with 1.5-μm-wide diode leakage passage path. The threshold current and slope efficiency of NOBH laser changes from 5.6 mA, 0.23 mW/mA to 28 mA, 0.11 mW/mA with the operating temperature changing from 20°C to 100°C. It is comparable to conventional p-n reverse biased junction BH laser with minimized diode leakage current, and is much better than the buried ridge strip with proton implanted laterally confinement laser [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]