DocumentCode
1660536
Title
Vertical monolithic integration of quantum cascade lasers for high-power broadband applications
Author
Blanchard, Romain ; Grezes, Cécile ; Menzel, Stefan ; Pflügl, Christian ; Diehl, Laurent ; Huang, Yong ; Ryou, Jae-Hyun ; Dupuis, Russell D. ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate 1.1W peak power from a monolithic broadband laser composed of four quantum cascade laser active regions distributed over two uncoupled optical waveguides. This work paves the way for high-brightness broadband mid-infrared sources.
Keywords
Fourier transform spectrometers; infrared sources; infrared spectrometers; quantum cascade lasers; spectroscopic light sources; waveguide lasers; Fourier-transfnrrn infrared spectrometers; broadband midinfrared sources; high-power broadband applications; monolithic broadband laser; optical waveguides; power 1.1 W; quantum cascade lasers; vertical monolithic integration; Broadband communication; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325918
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