Distributed Feedback Ridge Waveguide and Step-Graded Separate Confinement Quantum Well Heterostructure Lasers Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

With the advent of sophisticated epitaxial growth techniques such as metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), compound semiconductor device research has flourished. Advancements in device physics as well as the development of coherent optical sources and high speed electronic devices have been achieved in both lattice-matched systems such as the GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructure, and strained-layer material systems such as the InGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs structure. Topics involving these material systems grown by atmospheric-pressure MOCVD, the device physics of step-graded separate confinement quantum well heterostructure lasers, and the development of novel strained-layer distributed feedback ridge waveguide (DFB RW) quantum well laser and laser array are presented in this work.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Miller, Linda Michelle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Coleman, James J.

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9305622

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71983