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Semiconductor diode laser material and devices with emission in visible region of the spectrum
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ladany, I. Kressel, H. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | Two alloy systems, (AlGa)As and (InGa)P, were studied for their properties relevant to obtaining laser diode operation in the visible region of the spectrum. (AlGa)As was prepared by liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) and (InGa)P was prepared both by vapor-phase epitaxy and by liquid-phase epitaxy. Various schemes for LPE growth were applied to (InGa)P, one of which was found to be capable of producing device material. All the InGaP device work was done using vapor-phase epitaxy. The most successful devices were fabricated in (AlGa)As using heterojunction structures. At room temperature, the large optical cavity design yielded devices lasing in the red (7000 A). Because of the relatively high threshold due to the basic band structure limitation in this alloy, practical laser diode operation is presently limited to about 7300 A. At liquid-nitrogen temperature, practical continuous-wave operation was obtained at a wavelength of 6500 to 6600 A, with power emission in excess of 50 mW. The lowest pulsed lasing wavelength is 6280 A. At 223 K, lasing was obtained at 6770 A, but with high threshold currents. The work dealing with CW operation at room temperature was successful with practical operation having been achieved to about 7800 A. |
| File Size | 6399436 |
| Page Count | 149 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750020853 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5q86364k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solid-state Physics Threshold Currents Laser Outputs Semiconductor Lasers Light Visible Radiation Vapor Phases Semiconductor Junctions Liquid Phases Laser Cavities Spectral Emission Laser Materials Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
