• DocumentCode
    2105165
  • Title

    Effect of injection barrier thickness and doping on transport and gain in a λ = 8.2 μ quantum cascade laser

  • Author

    Howard, Scott S. ; Hoffman, Anthony J. ; Franz, Kale J. ; Howard, Daniel P. ; Ko, Tiffany ; Sivco, Deborah L. ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Princeton Univ., Princeton
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    703
  • Lastpage
    704
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the effects of varying the injection barrier thickness and injector doping level on current transport and gain bandwidth in a lambda ~ 8.2 mum quantum cascade laser.
  • Keywords
    quantum cascade lasers; semiconductor doping; current transport; doping level; gain bandwidth; injection barrier thickness; Contacts; Doping; Laser transitions; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical design; Pulse measurements; Quantum cascade lasers; Technological innovation; Temperature; USA Councils; Midinfrared; quantum cascade laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0924-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382601
  • Filename
    4382601