Long-term degradation of GaAs-Ga1−xAlxAs DH lasers due to facet erosion
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- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (3) , 1160-1162
Abstract
Factors contributing to long-term degradation of GaAs-Ga1−xAlxAs double heterostructure lasers were studied. It has been found that the degradation rate strongly depends on the output-power density and that facet erosion plays an important role in the long-term degradation.Keywords
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