Surface-plasmon distributed-feedback mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers based on hybrid plasmon/air-guided modes

Author

Bousseksou, A. ; Chassagneux, Y. ; Colombelli, R. ; Babuty, A. ; De Wilde, Y. ; Sirtori, C. ; Patriarche, G. ; Beaudoin, G. ; Sagnes, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. d´´Electron. Fondamentale, Univ. Paris, Orsay

fYear

2008

Firstpage

804

Lastpage

805

Abstract

We demonstrate pulsed, room-temperature operation of single-mode surface-plasmon distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers operating at lambdaap7.5 mum. The grating is implemented via the sole patterning of the top metallic contact. The presence of the grating yields an important loss reduction with respect to unpatterned surface-plasmon devices.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; laser modes; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical losses; quantum cascade lasers; surface plasmons; grating; hybrid plasmon/air-guided modes; laser modes; loss reduction; midinfrared quantum cascade lasers; scanning near-field optical microscopy; single-mode surface-plasmon distributed-feedback lasers; wavelength 7.5 mum; Frequency; Gas lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Optical pulses; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the

Conference_Location

Acapulco

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1931-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1932-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688865

Filename

4688865