• DocumentCode
    2660327
  • Title

    Photonic Crystal Quantum Cascade Lasers with Improved Threshold Characteristics Operating up to Room Temperature

  • Author

    Höfling, S. ; Heinrich, J. ; Hofmann, Ho. ; Kamp, M. ; Reithmaier, J.P. ; Forchel, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Phys., Wurzburg Univ.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    2006
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    We fabricated two-dimensional photonic crystal GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers operating at room temperature. Compared to reference devices with cleaved facets, the high reflectivity photonic crystal mirrors lead to a ~34% reduction of the threshold currents
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; quantum cascade lasers; thermo-optical effects; 293 to 298 K; GaAs-AlGaAs; cleaved facets; high reflectivity photonic crystal mirrors; room temperature; threshold characteristics; threshold currents; two-dimensional photonic crystal quantum cascade lasers; Etching; Finite difference methods; Gallium arsenide; Optical devices; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Quantum cascade lasers; Reflectivity; Temperature; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
  • Conference_Location
    Kohala Coast, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9560-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708104
  • Filename
    1708104