Design of 1.3 µm Double-Junction Cascade Quantum Dot Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser with High-Speed Performance

Yubo Xue; Wei Jia; Zhigang Jia; Shufang Ma; Lin Shang; Hailiang Dong

doi:10.3788/AOSOL250488

Acta Optica Sinica (Online), Volume. 2, Issue 16, 1606001(2025)

Design of 1.3 µm Double-Junction Cascade Quantum Dot Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser with High-Speed Performance

Yubo Xue¹, Wei Jia^1,2, Zhigang Jia^1,2, Shufang Ma³, Lin Shang³, and Hailiang Dong^1,2、*

¹Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China

²Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China

³Xi'an Key Laboratory of Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices, School of Physics & Information Science, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi , China

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Paper Information

Category: Laser and Laser Physics

Received: Jul. 1, 2025

Accepted: Jul. 16, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 7, 2025

The Author Email: Hailiang Dong (dhltyut@163.com)

DOI:10.3788/AOSOL250488

CSTR:32394.14.AOSOL250488

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