• DocumentCode
    1651235
  • Title

    Surface plasmon mode coupling to the insulator/metal interface of sloped sidewalls of wet-etched Quantum Cascade lasers

  • Author

    Huang, Xue ; Chiu, Yenting ; Charles, William O. ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We find the main challenge for narrowing wet-etched ridges of long-wavelength Quantum Cascade lasers is surface plasmon mode coupling at the insulator/metal interface of sloped sidewalls, resulting in extra waveguide loss and hence high threshold.
  • Keywords
    etching; laser modes; metal-insulator boundaries; optical losses; quantum cascade lasers; surface plasmons; extra waveguide loss; insulator/metal interface; sloped sidewalls; surface plasmon mode coupling; wet-etched quantum cascade lasers; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting 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
    6325569
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1651235