Low Threshold, 633 Nm, Single Tensile-Strained Quantum-Well Ga0.6in0.4p/(Alxga1-X)0.5in0.5p Laser

Low threshold, 633 nm diode lasers are demonstrated. These devices contain a single, 80 angstrom, tensile-strained Ga0.6In0.4P quantum well (QW) active region, and Al0.5In0.5P cladding layers, grown by low-pressure organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on misoriented substrates. Operating characteristics are compared with low-threshold, 680 nm compressively strained Ga0.4In0.6P QW lasers. Although performance is not as good as for the 680 nm devices, the 633 nm lasers have characteristic temperature T0 approximately 60 K and low pulsed threshold current density (400 A/cm2). These improved characteristics are believed due to the incorporation of a single, tensile-strained QW, along with (Al0.6Ga0.4)0.5In0.5P confining layers, which offer increased electron confinement.