Wavelength tunable laser and method of formation
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    发明授权
    Wavelength tunable laser and method of formation 有权
    波长可调激光器和形成方法

    公开(公告)号:US06862394B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-01

    申请号:US10036437

    申请日:2002-01-07

    摘要: A method of increasing the monomolecular recombination and the immunity to noise of a continuously tunable laser is disclosed. A concentration of recombination centers in the range of about 1×1016 cm−3 to about 1×1018 cm−3 in the tuning region of the laser device is achieved by doping the waveguide layer with impurity atoms, by irradiating the waveguide layer with high energy particles or by varying the growth conditions of the waveguide layer to introduce native point defects due to lattice mismatch. This way, the monomolecular recombination is increased and the radiative recombination over low current ranges is reduced. By increasing the monomolecular recombination, the immunity to noise is improved but the tuning efficiency is reduced. Nevertheless, only a minimal effect on the tuning efficiency is noted over high current ranges and, therefore, the overall tuning range is only insignificantly changed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了增加连续可调激光器的单分子重组和抗噪声的方法。 在激光器件的调谐区域中,在约1×10 16 cm -3至约1×10 18 cm -3范围内的复合中心浓度通过用杂质原子掺杂波导层来实现,通过 用高能粒子照射波导层,或通过改变波导层的生长条件来引入由于晶格失配引起的自然点缺陷。 这样,单分子重组增加,并且在低电流范围内的辐射复合减少。 通过增加单分子重组,提高了对噪声的抗扰性,但调谐效率降低。 然而,在高电流范围内仅注意到对调谐效率的最小影响,因此整体调谐范围只有微不足道的变化。