GAAS LASER DIODES.

Abstract

Three different methods of junction formation were employed to obtain GaAs laser diodes for room temperature operation: Diffusion of Zn into an n-type substrate under arsenic pressures of about 10 atmospheres, Deposition of an n-type layer onto a p-type substrate from a liquid Ga-melt, and Vapor epitaxial growth of an n-type layer onto a p-type substrate. The initial results of these measurements indicate that the high-pressure diffused junctions yield room-temperature laser diodes of a performance which is comparable to those in which the junction is grown by liquid solution epitaxy. Laser diodes in which the p-n junction had been formed by vapor phase epitaxy did not lase at room temperature. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619532

Entities

People

  • R. A. Sehr

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Fluids
  • High Pressure
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • P-N Junctions
  • Substrates
  • Transition Temperature
  • Vapor Phases

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition