Single-mode quantum cascade lasers employing a candy-cane shaped monolithic coupled cavity

被引：15

作者：

Liu, Peter Q. ^{[1
]}

Sladek, Kamil ^{[1
]}

Wang, Xiaojun ^{[2
]}

Fan, Jen-Yu ^{[2
]}

Gmachl, Claire F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[2] AdTech Opt, City Of Industry, CA 91748 USA

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 99卷 / 24期

关键词：

WAVE-GUIDES; BEND;

D O I：

10.1063/1.3664117

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We demonstrate single-mode quantum cascade lasers emitting at similar to 4.5 mu m by employing a monolithic "candy-cane" shaped coupled-cavity consisting of a straight section connecting at one end to a spiral section. The fabrication process is identical to those for simple Fabry-Perot-type ridge lasers. Continuously tunable single-mode emission across similar to 8 cm(-1) with side mode suppression ratio up to similar to 25 dB and a single-mode operating current range of more than 70% above the threshold current is achieved when the lasers are operated in pulsed-mode from 80 K to 155 K. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3664117]

引用

页数：3

共 17 条

[1] Cavity Length Scaling of Quantum Cascade Lasers for Single-Mode Emission and Low Heat Dissipation, Room Temperature, Continuous Wave Operation [J].

Cendejas, Richard A. ;

Liu, Zhijun ;

Sanchez-Vaynshteyn, Wendy ;

Caneau, Catherine G. ;

Zah, Chung-en ;

Gmachl, Claire .

IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL, 2011, 3 (01) :71-81

[2] Quantum cascade lasers in chemical physics [J].

Curl, Robert F. ;

Capasso, Federico ;

Gmachl, Claire ;

Kosterev, Anatoliy A. ;

McManus, Barry ;

Lewicki, Rafal ;

Pusharsky, Michael ;

Wysocki, Gerard ;

Tittel, Frank K. .

CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 2010, 487 (1-3) :1-18

[3] Distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers [J].

Faist, J ;

Gmachl, C ;

Capasso, F ;

Sirtori, C ;

Sivco, DL ;

Baillargeon, JN ;

Cho, AY .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1997, 70 (20) :2670-2672

[4] Widely tunable quantum cascade lasers with coupled cavities for gas detection [J].

Fuchs, Peter ;

Seufert, Jochen ;

Koeth, Johannes ;

Semmel, Julia ;

Hoefling, Sven ;

Worschech, Lukas ;

Forchel, Alfred .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2010, 97 (18)

[5] Widely tunable single-mode quantum cascade lasers with two monolithically coupled Fabry-Perot cavities [J].

Hoefling, S. ;

Heinrich, J. ;

Reithmaier, J. P. ;

Forchel, A. ;

Seufert, J. ;

Fischer, M. ;

Koeth, J. .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2006, 89 (24)

[6] Device performance and wavelength tuning behavior of ultra-short quantum-cascade microlasers with deeply etched Bragg-mirrors [J].

Höfling, S ;

Reithmaier, JP ;

Forchel, A .

IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 2005, 11 (05) :1048-1054

[7] Self-aligned coupled cavity GaAs/AlGaAs midinfrared quantum-cascade laser [J].

Hvozdara, L ;

Lugstein, A ;

Gianordoli, S ;

Schrenk, W ;

Strasser, G ;

Unterrainer, K ;

Bertagnolli, E ;

Gornik, E .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2000, 77 (08) :1077-1079

[8] Application of quantum cascade lasers to trace gas analysis [J].

Kosterev, A. ;

Wysocki, G. ;

Bakhirkin, Y. ;

So, S. ;

Lewicki, R. ;

Fraser, M. ;

Tittel, F. ;

Curl, R. F. .

APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, 2008, 90 (02) :165-176

[9] Single-mode quantum cascade lasers based on a folded Fabry-Perot cavity [J].

Liu, Peter Q. ;

Wang, Xiaojun ;

Fan, Jen-Yu ;

Gmachl, Claire F. .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2011, 98 (06)

[10] Highly power-efficient quantum cascade lasers [J].

Liu, Peter Q. ;

Hoffman, Anthony J. ;

Escarra, Matthew D. ;

Franz, Kale J. ;

Khurgin, Jacob B. ;

Dikmelik, Yamac ;

Wang, Xiaojun ;

Fan, Jen-Yu ;

Gmachl, Claire F. .

NATURE PHOTONICS, 2010, 4 (02) :95-98

← 1 2 →