Electronic Resource
Woodbury, NY
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Applied Physics Letters
62 (1993), S. 796-798
ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We demonstrate the feasibility of a novel microgun-pumped semiconductor laser. This is the most compact (a few cm3) and the lowest threshold electron-beam-pumped semiconductor laser ever reported. The electron source is provided by a 104–105/mm2 array of field emissive microtip cathodes each of 1.5 μm diam. The laser operates below 10 kV and below 1 A/cm2. Laser action in a quasi-cw mode with 5 μs pulses at 2 kHz has been obtained between 90 and 300 K with CdTe-CdMnTe graded index separate confinement quantum-well heterostructures, as well as with GaAs-GaAlAs structures. Since neither doping nor ohmic contacts are needed, the microgun laser can use all direct gap semiconductors. It appears as a viable solution for making compact II-VI lasers in the visible domain.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.108581
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