Modification of Photovoltaic Laser-Power (λ = 808 nm) Converters Grown by LPE

Abstract

Laser-power converters for the wavelength λ = 808 nm are fabricated by liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) on the basis of n-Al_0.07GaAs–p-Al_0.07GaAs–p-Al_0.25GaAs single-junction heterostructures. The converters are tested with uniform (pulse simulator) and partly nonuniform (laser beam) illumination distribution over the photoreceiving surface. In the former case, a monochromatic efficiency of η = 53.1% is achieved for samples with an area of S = 4 cm² at a power of 1.2 W. At S = 10.2 mm² the efficiency is 58.3% at a laser power of 0.7 W.