High-Speed Stark Wavelength Tuning of MidIR Interband Cascade Lasers

Author

Suchalkin, Sergey ; Kisin, Mikhail V. ; Luryi, Serge ; Belenky, Gregory ; Towner, Fred J. ; Bruno, John D. ; Tober, Richard L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

2007

fDate

3/15/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

362

Abstract

Stark modulation of the wavelength of a midinfrared tunable interband cascade laser was studied. Wavelength modulation at frequencies exceeding 1 GHz was demonstrated. Estimates of capacitances inherent to the laser´s structure suggested that improved packaging techniques could lead to modulation frequencies approaching 6 GHz

Keywords

Stark effect; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser tuning; optical modulation; packaging; semiconductor lasers; 6 GHz; Stark modulation; Stark tuning; cascade lasers; high-speed wavelength tuning; interband lasers; midinfrared lasers; packaging; semiconductor lasers; tunable laser; wavelength modulation; Frequency modulation; Laser tuning; Optical mixing; Optical tuning; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Cascade lasers; midinfrared (midIR) lasers; semiconductor lasers; tunable lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.891649

Filename

4116773