Title :
High-power CW operation of 7-stage interband cascade lasers
Author :
Canedy, C.L. ; Abell, J. ; Merritt, C.D. ; Bewley, W.W. ; Kim, C.S. ; Vurgaftman, I. ; Meyer, J.R. ; Kim, Marn-Go
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We report a 7-stage narrow-ridge interband-cascade laser emitting at λ ≈ 3.5 μm that produces up to 592 mW of cw power, with a wallplug efficiency of 10.1% and M2 = 3.7 at T = 25 °C.
Keywords :
Q-factor; laser beams; semiconductor lasers; 7-stage interband cascade lasers; M2; beam quality factor; efficiency 10.1 percent; high-power CW operation; power 592 mW; temperature 25 degC; wallplug efficiency; Cavity resonators; Integrated optics; Laser beams; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
