• DocumentCode
    1771414
  • Title

    Widely tunable distributed Bragg quantum cascade laser for gas sensing applications

  • Author

    Diba, Abdou ; Sydoryk, Ihor ; Gross, Barry ; Moshary, Fred ; Feng Xie ; Chung-en Zah

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Coll. of New York, New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report continuous mode-hop free tuning of a sample-grating distributed Bragg reflector (SG-DBR) quantum cascade laser (QCL) operating at 4.55μm wavelength observing N2O features in this range by controlling all three sections of laser namely: front DBR, back DBR and the phase.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflectors; gas sensors; laser tuning; nitrogen compounds; optical control; quantum cascade lasers; remote sensing by laser beam; DBR; back DBR control; continuous mode-hop free tuning; front DBR control; gas sensing; phase control; sample-grating distributed Bragg reflector QCL; wavelength 4.55 mum; widely tunable distributed Bragg quantum cascade laser; Distributed feedback devices; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Measurement by laser beam; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989421