N. Ammouri, H. Christopher, A. Maaßdorf, J. Fricke, A. Ginolas, A. Liero, H. Wenzel, A. Knigge and G. Tränkle

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Phys. Scr., vol. 100, no. 7, pp. 075514, doi:10.1088/1402-4896/adde8e (2025).

Abstract:

We report a record-high pulse power of 420 W or a pulse energy of 4.2 μJ at a pulse current of 210 A, emitted by a single distributed Bragg reflector broad-area laser with 5 active regions separated by 4 tunnel junctions. The laser is operated with nanosecond current pulses at a repetition frequency of 10 kHz so that optical pulses with a width of 10 ns are emitted. The emission spectrum exhibits a spectral peak at approximately 905 nm at 25 °C with a spectral width of less than 0.2 nm and a temperature-related shift of 63 pm K⁻¹. We also investigate the dependence of the output power on cavity length and number of active regions. A 4 mm long laser with 3 active regions achieves a pulse power of 272 W at 150 A. At the same current, 2 mm long lasers with 3 and 5 active regions achieve output powers of 167 W and 283 W, respectively. Despite its shorter cavity, the 2 mm long 5 active region laser delivers 10 W more output power at 150 A than the 4 mm long laser with 3 active regions. All lasers under study have a p-contact stripe width of 200 μm.

Keywords:

broad-area lasers, quantumm well lasers, distributed bragg reflector lasers, pulsed lasers, tunnel junctions, LiDAR, multi-active region lasers

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