Low-temperature (350 °C) growth of AlGaAs/GaAs laser diode by migration enhanced epitaxy

Abstract
Migration enhanced epitaxy, in which group III and group V elements are deposited onto the substrate alternately under ultrahigh vacuum, has been employed to reduce AlGaAs growth temperature. By optimizing growth conditions of AlGaAs, molecular-beam intensities, and substrate temperatures between 600 and 250 °C, an AlGaAs/GaAs single-quantum-well laser diode has been fabricated successfully at very low temperature of 350 °C for the first time. A broad area laser diode emitting at 780 nm shows the threshold current density of 2.5 kA/cm2 at room temperature under the pulsed operation.