High-performance InAs quantum-dot lasers near 1.3 μm

Abstract
High-performance quantum dot(QD) lasers near 1.3 μm were fabricated using four stacks of InAs QDs embedded within strained InGaAs quantum wells as an active region and a reactive-ion-etched 5-μm-ridge waveguide design. For a 1.5-mm-long cavityQD laser, ground-state continuous-wave (cw) lasing has been achieved with a single facet output power of 15 mW at temperatures as high as 100 °C, while at room temperature having a differential quantum efficiency of 55% and a single facet output power of 50 mW. The characteristic temperature T 0 for ground-state cw lasing is 78 K up to our temperature measurement limit of 100 °C.