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Effects of carbon impurity on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well lasers grown by molecular beam epitaxy
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Effects of carbon impurity on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well lasers grown by molecular beam epitaxy

D.H Zhang, C.Y Li and S.F Yoon
1996 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices. Proceedings, pp 54-58
1996

Abstract

Gallium arsenide Impurities Molecular beam epitaxial growth Optical buffering Photoluminescence Potential well Quantum well lasers Semiconductor lasers Substrates Threshold current
The fabrication of low threshold current GaAs/AlGaAs gradient index separate confinement triple quantum well lasers grown on a substrate misoriented a few degree off (100) toward A in a high CO background is investigated. It is found that the threshold current could be reduced from 32.5 mA to 15.7 mA by tilting the substrate 6/spl deg/. The photoluminescence results reveal that a carbon impurity, like oxygen, could also be incorporated and trapped at and near AlGaAs/GaAs interfaces during growth and result in excessive scattering and loss and thus a high threshold current. Substrate misorientation for 6/spl deg/ toward A could reduce the incorporation of the carbon impurity to an unobservable level.

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