The re-growth free single longitudinal mode Fabry-Pérot(F-P) lasers based on etched double slanted slots have been achieved. Firstly
we have analyzed the resonant conditions for the F-P laser with a pair of etched slots
and the stably single longitudinal mode operation can be obtained when the slots are tilted with an angle of 4°. To investigate the effects of the slot widths on the device performance
the laser chips with various slot widths have been fabricated. It has been found that the best single mode performance has been realized of the laser chip with the slot width of 1.5 μm. And the quite stable single mode operation has been achieved with a side mode suppression ratio as high as 40 dB under a continuous-wave current injection of 70 mA for the laser. Under the test temperatures ranging from 20 ℃ to 75 ℃
the lasing wavelength shift rate for the slotted F-P lasers is only 0.12 nm/℃
which is much smaller than 0.6 nm/℃ for the lasers without slots. These results further confirm that a stable single longitudinal mode can be achieved by introducing slots in a F-P laser
which shows great potential for the application of optical communications.
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