Resonance and switching in a native-oxide-defined AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs quantum-well heterostructure laser array
- 10 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 61 (6) , 705-707
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.107832
Abstract
A twin linear‐array coupled‐cavity AlxGa1−xAs‐GaAs quantum‐well heterostructure laser, a stripe‐geometry coupled two‐dimensional array, is described that, unlike the usual stripe laser, exhibits mode switching and multiple switching (ON–OFF twice) in the light power (L) versus current (I) characteristics (L‐I) with increasing current.Keywords
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