Growth of InP related compounds on structured substrates for the fibrication of narrow stripe lasers

MOCVD growth of InP/InGaAs/InGaAsP multilayer structures on patterned substrates with mesa stripes etched along [110] and [110] crystallographic directions has been investigated. Twinning was found on the groove wall facets for [110 patterns. Twinning alters both growth rate and growth directionality of the layers grown on the mesa top. Structures grown on [110] oriented patterns revealed a discontinuity of the growth between the top of the mesa and the groove region. This isolates the layers grown on the mesa top and allows the fabrication of narrow stripe, buried heterostructure lasers. Both double heterostructure and quantum well structure devices have been fabricated. DH structures with a stripe width of 3 μm exhibited a laser threshold current of 54 mA, while quantum well devices with four strained In0.66Ga0.34As wells and stripe width of 2 μm lased at 35 mA.

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