(1) Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics, and Automation, Moscow, 119454, Russia;(2) Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Abstract:
Emission characteristics of an electron-beam-pumped Cd(Zn)Se/ZnMgSSe semiconductor laser are studied. The laser’s active region consists of a set of ten equidistant ZnSe quantum wells containing fractional-monolayer CdSe quantum-dot inserts and a waveguide formed by a short-period superlattice with the net thickness of ~0.65 μm. Lasing occurs at room temperature at a wavelength of 542 nm. Pulsed power as high as 12 W per cavity face and an unprecedentedly high efficiency of ~8.5% are attained for the electron-beam energy of 23 keV.