High brightness InAs/GaAs quantum dot tapered lasers at 1.3μm were first developed with high temperature stability.
The devices consisted of a straight index-guided section formed by a ridge waveguide (RW) and a gain-guided tapered
section. To enhance the mode filtering, a pair of cavity spoiling grooves had been included. For two different laser
lengths L =1.5mm and 3mm with a constant full taper angle φTR = 4°, the length of the ridge waveguide section L2 was
varied for 1.5 mm long devices, whose L2 was 0.5mm and 1 mm, respectively. In case of L=3 mm, the L2 was fixed at
1mm. For above-mentioned geometries, the light power (P) - current (I) characteristics and the beam quality factor (M2)
were presented. The lasers with a smaller L2 have higher threshold current due to the larger area of the tapered section at
fixed total length. The beam quality can be improved with longer L and L2 at fixed total length L. The M2 was lower than
the value of 3 measured under different light power, moreover, the M2 increased with light power increasing. We also
measured temperature dependence of threshold current for two kinds of lasers with L=1.5 and 3 mm. The threshold
current was almost constant over a temperature range from 30 to 70°C. It is of important significance for the practical
application because that the temperature range overlapped with the operating temperature range. In addition, temperature
dependence of the M2 for the lasers with L=3 mm was also studied.
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