Measurements of cavity-length-dependent internal differential quantum efficiency and internal optical loss in laser diodes

Satoshi Inada; Masahiro Yoshita; Makoto Okano; Toshiyuki Ihara; Hidefumi Akiyama; Liming Zhang

doi:10.1143/JJAP.47.2288

Measurements of cavity-length-dependent internal differential quantum efficiency and internal optical loss in laser diodes

Satoshi Inada, Masahiro Yoshita, Makoto Okano, Toshiyuki Ihara, Hidefumi Akiyama, Liming Zhang

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We measured the cavity length dependence of the internal differential quantum efficiency η_int and the internal optical loss α_int in 1500-nm-wavelength laser diodes (LDs). By evaluating α_int directly from gain/absorption spectra for various injection current densities and measuring the external differential quantum efficiency η_ext, we obtained the η_int and α_int values of all the LDs with different cavity lengths. The obtained η_int and α_int respectively showed strong and weak cavity length dependences, and were both very different from those derived by the widely used method of plotting η_ext ^-1 against the cavity length.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2288-2290
Number of pages	3
Journal	Japanese journal of applied physics
Volume	47
Issue number	4 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.47.2288
Publication status	Published - 2008 Apr 18
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

External differential quantum efficiency
Fabry-Pérot laser
GaInAsP/InP
Gain spectrum
Internal differential quantum efficiency
Internal optical loss
Quantum wells
Semiconductor laser

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Engineering(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Measurements of cavity-length-dependent internal differential quantum efficiency and internal optical loss in laser diodes

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