Mid-IR room temperature quantum cascade lasers

Jerome Faist; Carlo Sirtori; Federico Capasso; Deborah L. Sivco; James N. Baillargeon; Albert L. Hutchinson; Sung-Nee G. Chu; Alfred Y. Cho

doi:10.1117/12.273795

2 May 1997 Mid-IR room temperature quantum cascade lasers

Jerome Faist, Carlo Sirtori, Federico Capasso, Deborah L. Sivco, James N. Baillargeon, Albert L. Hutchinson, Sung-Nee G. Chu, Alfred Y. Cho

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Proceedings Volume 3001, In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers: from Ultraviolet to Midinfrared; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273795
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The high power operation of mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers at temperatures up to T equals 320 K is reported. Gain at high temperature is optimized by a design combining low doping, a funnel injector and a three well vertical transition active region. A molecular beam epitaxy grown InP top cladding layer is also used to optimize heat dissipation. Peak pulsed optical power of 200 mW and average power of 6 mW are obtained at 300 K and at a wavelength (lambda) equals 5.2 micrometers . At (lambda) equals 8.5 micrometers , the pulsed optical power is 10 mW.

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Jerome Faist, Carlo Sirtori, Federico Capasso, Deborah L. Sivco, James N. Baillargeon, Albert L. Hutchinson, Sung-Nee G. Chu, and Alfred Y. Cho "Mid-IR room temperature quantum cascade lasers", Proc. SPIE 3001, In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers: from Ultraviolet to Midinfrared, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273795

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