• 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