High Power Continuous Wave Blue InAlGaN Laser Diodes Made by Plasma Assisted MBE

• Authors: C. Skierbiszewski , M. Siekacz , P. Wiśniewski , P. Perlin , A. Feduniewicz-Żmuda , G. Cywiński , J. Smalc , S. Grzanka , I. Grzegory , M. Leszczyński , S. Porowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Room temperature, continuous wave operation of InGaN multi-quantum wells laser diodes made by rf plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy at 411 nm wavelength is demonstrated. The threshold current density and voltage were 4.2 kA/cm^2 and 5.3 V, respectively. High optical power output of 60 mW was achieved. The lifetime of these laser diodes exceeds 5 h with 2 mW of optical output power. The laser diodes are fabricated on low dislocation density bulk GaN substrates, at growth conditions which resembles liquid phase epitaxy. We demonstrate that relatively low growth temperatures (600-700°C) pose no intrinsic limitations for fabrication of nitride optoelectronic components by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy.

Keywords

EN

42.55.Px; 85.35.Be; 42.60.By; 73.21.Cd

Discipline

• 42.55.Px: Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
• 42.60.By: Design of specific laser systems
• 85.35.Be: Quantum well devices (quantum dots, quantum wires, etc.)
• 73.21.Cd: Superlattices

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 345-351

Dates

published

2006-09

received

2006-06-17

Contributors

author

C. Skierbiszewski

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

M. Siekacz

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

P. Wiśniewski

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

P. Perlin

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

A. Feduniewicz-Żmuda

• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

G. Cywiński

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

J. Smalc

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

S. Grzanka

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

I. Grzegory

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

M. Leszczyński

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland
• TopGaN Ltd., Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

author

S. Porowski

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.110.345