InAs/GaAs submonolayer quantum dot superluminescent diode emitting around 970 nm

According to the InAs/GaAs submonolayer quantum dot active region, we demonstrate a bent-waveguide superluminescent diode emitting at a wavelength of around 970 nm. At a pulsed injection current of 0.5 A, the device exhibits an output power of 24 mW and an emission spectrum centred at 971 nm with a full width at half maximum of 16 nm.

InAs/GaAs submonolayer quantum-dot superluminescent diodes with active multimode interferometer configuration

With a chirped InAs/GaAs SML-QD （quantum dot） structure serving as the active region, the superluminescent diodes emitting at wavelength of around 970nm are fabricated. By using an active multimode interferometer configuration, these devices exhibit high continue-wave output powers from the narrow ridge waveguides. At continue-wave injection current of 800mA, an output power of 18.5mW, and the single Gaussian-like emission spectrum centered at 972nm with a full width at half maximum of 18nm are obtained.

Short-wavelength InAlGaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot superluminescent diodes

This paper reports the fabrication of J-shaped bent-waveguide superluminescent diodes utilizing an InAl- GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot active region. The emission spectrum of the device is centred at 884 nm with a full width at half maximum of 37 nm and an output power of 18 mW. By incorporating an Al composition into the quan- tum dot active region, short-wavelength superluminescent diode devices can be obtained. An intersection was found for the light power-injection current curves measured from the straight-waveguide facet and the bent-waveguide facet, respectively. The result is attributed to the conjunct effects of the gain and the additional loss of the bent waveguide. A numerical simulation is performed to verify the qualitative explanation. It is shown that bent waveguide loss is an important factor that affects the output power of J-shaped superluminescent diode devices.

Stochastic Simulation of Emission Spectra and Classical Photon Statistics of Quantum Dot Superluminescent Diodes

We present a stochastic procedure to investigate the correlation spectra of quantum dot superluminescent diodes. The classical electric field of a diode is formed by a polychromatic superposition of many independent stochastic oscillators. Assuming fields with individual carrier frequencies, Lorentzian linewidths and amplitudes we can form any relevant experimental spectrum using a least square fit. This is illustrated for Gaussian and Lorentzian spectra, Voigt profiles and box shapes. Eventually, the procedure is applied to an experimental spectrum of a quantum dot superluminescent diode which determines the first- and second-order temporal correlation functions of the emission. We find good agreement with the experimental data and a quantized treatment. Thus, a superposition of independent stochastic oscillators represents the first- and second-order correlation properties of broadband light emitted by quantum dot superluminescent diodes.

Broadband light emitting from multilayer-stacked InAs/GaAs quantum dots

We report the effect of the GaAs spacer layer thickness on the photoluminescence （PL） spectral bandwidth of InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots （QDs）. A PL spectral bandwidth of 158 nm is achieved with a five-layer stack of InAs QDs which has a 11-nm thick GaAs spacer layer. We investigate the optical and the structurM properties of the multilayer-stacked InAs/GaAs QDs with different GaAs spacer layer thicknesses. The results show that the spacer thickness is a key parameter affecting the multi-stacked InAs/GaAs QDs for wide-spectrum emission.

Active multi-mode-interferometer broadband superluminescent diodes

We report a new quantum dot superluminescent diode with a new device structure. In this device, a multi- mode-interferometer configuration and a J-bend structure were monolithically integrated. Owing to the multi-mode- interferometer structure, the superluminescent diode exhibits 60% increase in output power and 43% reduction in the differential resistance compared with the uniform waveguide width superluminescent diode fabricated from the same wafer. Our device produces an emission spectrum as wide as 103.7 nm with an output power of 2.5 mW at 600 mA continue-wave injection current. This broadband emission spectrum makes the axial resolution of the optical coherence tomography system employing the superluminescent diode to 6 μm in theory, which is high enough for most tissue imaging.

Estimation of the optical loss in bent-waveguide superluminescent diodes by an analytical method

The optical loss in the bent region is one of the key features for bent-waveguide superluminescent diodes that affects the device performance greatly under some conditions. For the purpose of device fabrication and optimization, it will be helpful if this bend loss can be estimated. In this letter, we have derived an analytical formula which can be used to get the bend-loss coefficient by fitting the P-I curves of the devices. It is proved that the formula is successful in estimating the loss coefficients from the P-I curves simulated from a complicated quantum-dot device model. We expect this method could also be valid in estimating bend losses of actual devices.

红外波段超辐射发光二极管研究进展

超辐射发光二极管(SLD)具有高功率、宽光谱和低相干性等光学特性,在光纤通信、工业国防、生物影像和痕量气体检测等领域具有极高的应用价值。本文聚焦于SLD的输出功率与光谱宽度特性,综合评述了量子阱、量子点近红外SLD与量子级联中红外SLD的研究进展。详细介绍了InP基量子短线、混合量子点量子阱与异维量子点量子阱等新型有源结构,以及量子点掺杂与区域混杂等相关工艺技术。最后,概述了SLD的应用前景,并对SLD的潜在研究方向和技术发展应用趋势进行了展望。

大功率短波长InAlGaAs/AlGaAs量子点超辐射发光管

为了满足超辐射发光管的短波长应用,采用InAlGaAs/AlGaAs量子点有源区和干法刻蚀工艺制备了短波长弯曲波导超辐射发光管。在1.6A脉冲电流注入下,器件峰值输出功率为29mW,中心波长为880nm,光谱半高宽为20.3nm。比较了干法刻蚀工艺和湿法腐蚀工艺对超辐射发光管器件性能的影响。在1.6A脉冲电流注入下,湿法腐蚀制备的器件峰值输出功率仅为7mW。与湿法腐蚀相比,干法刻蚀可以精确控制波导形状和参数,降低波导损耗,有效增大器件输出功率。

超辐射发光二极管的研究进展

超辐射发光二极管(SLD)是一种宽光谱光源,广泛用于光纤陀螺、光学相干断层扫描等领域。高性能SLD要求同时实现大功率和宽光谱输出,航天领域相关应用还要求其具有较高的抗辐射性能。本文从如何实现大功率、宽光谱输出和抗辐射加固等几方面介绍了SLD的研究进展,并对其未来的研究方向进行了展望。

量子点超辐射发光管研究进展

简要回顾了超辐射发光管(SLD)的发展历史、量子点SLD的提出及优点,介绍了SLD的工作原理、器件结构及表征参数,详细分析了近年来国内外各研究小组在提高量子点SLD性能方面的研究进展。基于自组织量子点的尺寸非均匀分布特征、优化的有源区结构设计以及高的光学质量,量子点SLD目前的研究水平已远远超过量子阱SLD。例如,量子点SLD的输出光谱宽度可达到150nm以上,输出功率可达到百mW量级。简要介绍了SLD在光纤陀螺仪、光学相干断层成像术、光纤通信、宽带外腔可调谐激光器等方面的应用,讨论了量子点SLD研制中存在的问题、解决方法和发展趋势。量子点SLD在展宽光谱和提高输出功率上展示了巨大的潜力,它的成功有力地推动了其他宽增益谱器件的研制。

双注入区量子点超辐射发光管的数值模拟

数值模拟了结构参数(超辐射区腔长和脊宽,光放大区腔长和张角)对双注入区量子点超辐射发光管器件性能(光谱和功率等)的影响。结果表明,当器件超辐射区注入电流和放大区注入电流均固定时,随着超辐射区腔长的增加,输出光谱中激发态强度减弱,基态强度先增强后减弱;随着放大区腔长的增加,输出光谱中基态强度增加,激发态强度先增加后减弱。超辐射区脊宽越大,逆向光波耦合到超辐射区的耦合系数越大,输出光强度越小。放大区张角越大,逆向光波耦合到超辐射区的耦合系数越小,输出光强度越小。为设计和优化该类型器件结构提供一定的依据。