8 μm strain-compensated quantum cascade laser operating at room temperature

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作者
Guo, Y [1 ]
Liu, FQ [1 ]
Liu, JQ [1 ]
Li, CM [1 ]
Wang, ZG [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Semicond, Key Lab Semicond Mat Sci, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
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10.1088/0268-1242/20/8/037
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report on the material growth and device performance characterization of a strain-compensated In0.54Ga0.46As/In0.51Al0.49As quantum cascade laser at lambda similar to 8 mu m. For 2 mu s pulse at a 5 kHz repetition rate, laser action is achieved up to room temperature (30 degrees C). The tuning coefficient d lambda/dT is 1.37 nm K-1 between 83 K and 163 K and 0.60 nm K-1 in the range from 183 K to 303 K. The peak output power is reported to be similar to 11.3 mW per facet at 293 K and the corresponding threshold current density is 5.69 kA cm(-2).
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