Damping-limited modulation bandwidths up to 40 GHz in undoped short-cavity In/sub 0.35/Ga/sub 0.65/As-GaAs multiple-quantum-well lasers
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 8 (5) , 608-610
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.491554
Abstract
We demonstrate record direct modulation bandwidths from MBE-grown In/sub 0.35/Ga/sub 0.65/As-GaAs multiple-quantum-well lasers with undoped active regions and with the upper and lower cladding layers grown at different growth temperatures. Short-cavity ridge waveguide lasers achieve CW direct modulation bandwidths up to 40 GHz for 6/spl times/130 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ devices at a bias current of 155 mA, which is the damping limit for this structure. We further demonstrate large-signal digital modulation up to 20 Gb/s (limited by the measurement setup) and linewidth enhancement factors of 1.4 at the lasing wavelength at threshold of /spl sim/1.1 /spl mu/m for these devices.Keywords
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