Abstract

The unamplified spontaneous emission (SE) is one of the important physical processes of the light–matter interaction in a diode laser in terms of Einstein’s theory. The recent research on a kind of new indium-rich cluster (IRC) laser structure did not reveal SE characteristics of the IRC structure, as its unusual quantum confined structure made it difficult to acquire correctly the SE spectra through theoretical simulation or previous experimental techniques. Thus, in this Letter, we firstly established a convenient and effective experimental approach to acquire SE spectra of the IRC structure by the measurement of amplified SEs from dual facets of a single edge-emitting chip with little sample processing. With the proposed method, the special SE spectra due to the IRC effect were observed. Then, the SE formation mechanism and characteristics in the IRC structure were analyzed by comparing the experimental data with theoretical SE spectra using a standard InGaAs/GaAs quantum well with similar material composition. This research provides a useful tool to investigate the SE characteristics of any non-standard diode laser structure and is very meaningful to develop a new type of IRC lasers.

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