Optimized thermal management in 976 nm photonic crystal laser diodes

Liang Wang; Yu Zhang; Hongwei Qu; Aiyi Qi; Xuyan Zhou; Yufei Wang; Jiatong Sui; Chuanwang Xu; Wanghua Zheng

doi:10.3788/COL202523.081402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 8, 081402(2025)

Optimized thermal management in 976 nm photonic crystal laser diodes

Liang Wang¹, Yu Zhang², Hongwei Qu^3,4、*, Aiyi Qi³, Xuyan Zhou^2,3, Yufei Wang³, Jiatong Sui^2,5, Chuanwang Xu¹, and Wanghua Zheng^1,3,4、**

Author Affiliations

¹School of Intelligent Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

²Weifang Academy of Advanced Opto-Electronic Circuits, Weifang 261021, China

³Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

⁴Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁵School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China

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Liang Wang, Yu Zhang, Hongwei Qu, Aiyi Qi, Xuyan Zhou, Yufei Wang, Jiatong Sui, Chuanwang Xu, Wanghua Zheng, "Optimized thermal management in 976 nm photonic crystal laser diodes," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 081402 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Jan. 8, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 7, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Hongwei Qu (quhw@semi.ac.cn), Wanghua Zheng (whzheng@semi.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.081402

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.081402

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