DocumentCode
521347
Title
Light-induced tuning of quantum cascade lasers
Author
Basnar, Bernhard ; Mujagic, Elvis ; Andrews, Aaron Maxwell ; Roch, Tomas ; Schrenk, Werner ; Strasser, Gottfried
Author_Institution
Center for Micro- & Nanostruct., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a novel method for the light-induced tuning of a grating-free mid-IR QCL utilizing the absorbance changes of a photochromic cladding. This photosensitization allowed for reversible shifts in the emission wavelength of 5 cm−1.
Keywords
Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical materials; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500964
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