Title :
Pulsed wavelength tuning and continuous wave operation of distributed Bragg reflector quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Xie, Feng ; Caneau, Catherine ; LeBlanc, Herve P. ; Coleman, Sean ; Hughes, Lawrence C. ; Zah, Chung-en
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated 37 cm-1 pulsed wavelength tuning, and 500 mW CW output power at 20°C and 4.74 μm wavelength with a SMSR of 30 dB, using DBR QCLs unmounted and mounted epi-down, respectively.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser modes; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; quantum cascade lasers; DBR QCL; SMSR; continuous wave operation; distributed Bragg reflector quantum cascade lasers; power 500 mW; pulsed wavelength tuning; side mode suppression ratio; temperature 20 degC; wave number 37 cm-1; wavelength 4.74 mum; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
