Abstract
A single quantum well transistor laser (cavity length L = 300 μm) has been designed and fabricated that operates with threshold I TH = 18 mA at 15 °C and 14 mA at 0 °C. Due to the fast base recombination lifetime (τ B < 29 ps), the transistor laser demonstrates reduced photon-carrier resonance amplitude (<4 dB) over its entire bias range and a modulation bandwidth f -3dB = 9.8 GHz at 15 °C for I B/I TH = 3.3 and 17 GHz at 0 °C for I B/I TH = 6.4. Under the same bias conditions, simultaneous electrical and optical open-eye signal operations are demonstrated at 20 and 40 Gb/s data rate modulation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 061105 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 8 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)