Improvement of catastrophic optical damage level of AlGaInP visible laser diodes by sulfur treatment
- 10 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 58 (23) , 2595-2597
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.104833
Abstract
An increase of 70% in the catastrophic optical damage (COD) level of AlGaInP visible laser diodes is achieved by sulfur treatment. From transmission electron microscope and energy dispersive microanalysis, we have confirmed that most of the oxide at the mirror facets is replaced by sulfur after this treatment. It is thought that oxide at the facets introduces surface states which cause the COD, and removal of the oxide by sulfur treatment results in the higher COD level.Keywords
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