Abstract

Temperature characteristics of near-UV laser diodes (LDs) with a lasing wavelength of 384 nm are investigated. The characteristic temperature of threshold current (T₀) of the UV LDs is low. Thus, the performance of the UV LDs under continuous wave (CW) operation is not as good as under pulsed operation especially at a high injection current. In addition, it is found that self-heating is a key factor for CW characteristics of the UV LDs, where suppression of the self-heating by using thick waveguide layers can increase the critical current of thermal rollover of the UV LD’s operation. A high CW output power of 2.0 W is achieved for an InGaN near-UV LD with the n-side down on a sub-mount, whose threshold current density is 1.27 kA/cm² and the highest wall plug efficiency (WPE) is approximately 15.9% at an injection current of 1.2 A.

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