Nitride-based laser diodes and superluminescent diodes

Authors

  • Piotr Perlin Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Szymon Stańczyk Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Anna Kafar Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Agata Bojarska Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Łucja Marona Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Robert Czernecki TopGaN Ltd.
  • Grzegorz Targowski TopGaN Ltd.
  • Grzegorz Muzioł Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Henryk Turski Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Ewa Grzanka Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Szymon Grzanka Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Przemek Wiśniewski Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Stephen Najda TopGaN Ltd.
  • Tomasz Czyszanowski Institute of Physics, Lodz University of Technology
  • Michał Leszczyński Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Czesław Skierbiszewski Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS
  • Robert Kucharski Ammono S.A.
  • Tadeusz Suski Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v6i1.433

Abstract

We report on the development of nitride laser diode technology leading towards higher optical power, better quality and larger versatility of these devices. In particular we discuss new concepts introduced in Institute of High Pressure Physics “Unipress” such as: new design of the laser diode waveguide by profiting from plasmonic substrate properties of the material, design and fabrication of high optical power laser diode arrays, construction of high power nitride based superluminescent diodes and high-indium content devices grown by molecular beam epitaxy.

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2014-03-31

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P. Perlin, “Nitride-based laser diodes and superluminescent diodes”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. pp. 32–34, Mar. 2014.

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