Reduced temperature sensitivity AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs quantum well lasers with (Si2)x(GaAs)1−x ‘‘barriers’’

Abstract
The temperature dependence of threshold current of quantum well heterostructure (QWH) laser diodes is reduced by inserting (Si2)x(GaAs)1−x barriers in the active region. Alloy clustering of the (Si2)x(GaAs)1−x barriers, grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, leads to further QW carrier localization and an increase in T0 in the usual expression Jth=J0 exp(T/T0) for the threshold current. Values as high as T0=250–275 °C have been measured.