Pb1–xEuxTe alloys (0 ⩽ x ⩽ 1) as materials for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers in the mid-infrared spectral range of 4–5 μm
- Authors: Pashkeev D.A.1, Selivanov Y.G.1, Chizhevskii E.G.1, Zasavitskiy I.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Lebedev Physical Institute
- Issue: Vol 50, No 2 (2016)
- Pages: 228-234
- Section: Physics of Semiconductor Devices
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/196792
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782616020172
- ID: 196792
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Abstract
The optical properties of epitaxial layers and heterostructures based on Pb1–xEuxTe alloys (0 ⩽ x ⩽ 1) are analyzed in the context of designing Bragg mirrors and vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for the midinfrared spectral range. It is shown that the optimal heteropair for laser microcavities is Pb1–xEuxTe(x ≈ 0.06)/EuTe. On the basis of this heteropair, highly reflective Bragg mirrors consisting of just three periods and featuring a reflectance of R ⩾ 99.8% at the center of the stop band are grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on BaF2 (111) substrates. Single-mode optically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for the 4–5 μm spectral range operating at liquid-nitrogen temperatures are demonstrated.
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D. A. Pashkeev
Lebedev Physical Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: d.pashkeev@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
Yu. G. Selivanov
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: d.pashkeev@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
E. G. Chizhevskii
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: d.pashkeev@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
I. I. Zasavitskiy
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: d.pashkeev@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991