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Article

Study on 1550 nm Human Eye-Safe High-Power Tunnel Junction Quantum Well Laser

by
Qi Wu
1,2,3,
Dongxin Xu
1,2,3,
Xuehuan Ma
1,2,3,
Zaijin Li
1,2,3,
Yi Qu
1,2,3,*,
Zhongliang Qiao
1,2,3,
Guojun Liu
1,2,3,
Zhibin Zhao
1,2,3,
Lina Zeng
1,2,3,
Hao Chen
1,2,3,
Lin Li
1,2,3 and
Lianhe Li
3
1
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
2
Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Optoelectronic Functional Materials, Innovation Center of Hainan Academician Team, Haikou 571158, China
3
Hainan International Joint Research Center for Semiconductor Lasers, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Micromachines 2024, 15(8), 1042; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15081042 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 16 July 2024 / Revised: 9 August 2024 / Accepted: 16 August 2024 / Published: 17 August 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue III-V Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Process Technology)

Abstract

Falling within the safe bands for human eyes, 1550 nm semiconductor lasers have a wide range of applications in the fields of LIDAR, fast-ranging long-distance optical communication, and gas sensing. The 1550 nm human eye-safe high-power tunnel junction quantum well laser developed in this paper uses three quantum well structures connected by two tunnel junctions as the active region; photolithography and etching were performed to form two trenches perpendicular to the direction of the epitaxial layer growth with a depth exceeding the tunnel junction, and the trenches were finally filled with oxides to reduce the extension current. Finally, a 1550 nm InGaAlAs quantum well laser with a pulsed peak power of 31 W at 30 A (10 KHz, 100 ns) was realized for a single-emitter laser device with an injection strip width of 190 μm, a ridge width of 300 μm, and a cavity length of 2 mm, with a final slope efficiency of 1.03 W/A, and with a horizontal divergence angle of about 13° and a vertical divergence angle of no more than 30°. The device has good slope efficiency, and this 100 ns pulse width can be effectively applied in the fields of fog-transparent imaging sensors and fast headroom ranging radar areas.
Keywords: 1550 nm LD; human eye-safe band; quantum well laser; tunnel junction 1550 nm LD; human eye-safe band; quantum well laser; tunnel junction

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MDPI and ACS Style

Wu, Q.; Xu, D.; Ma, X.; Li, Z.; Qu, Y.; Qiao, Z.; Liu, G.; Zhao, Z.; Zeng, L.; Chen, H.; et al. Study on 1550 nm Human Eye-Safe High-Power Tunnel Junction Quantum Well Laser. Micromachines 2024, 15, 1042. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15081042

AMA Style

Wu Q, Xu D, Ma X, Li Z, Qu Y, Qiao Z, Liu G, Zhao Z, Zeng L, Chen H, et al. Study on 1550 nm Human Eye-Safe High-Power Tunnel Junction Quantum Well Laser. Micromachines. 2024; 15(8):1042. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15081042

Chicago/Turabian Style

Wu, Qi, Dongxin Xu, Xuehuan Ma, Zaijin Li, Yi Qu, Zhongliang Qiao, Guojun Liu, Zhibin Zhao, Lina Zeng, Hao Chen, and et al. 2024. "Study on 1550 nm Human Eye-Safe High-Power Tunnel Junction Quantum Well Laser" Micromachines 15, no. 8: 1042. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15081042

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