• DocumentCode
    1772163
  • Title

    A detailed experimental study of frequency noise in mid-infrared distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Schilt, Stephane ; Tombez, Lionel ; Blaser, Sebastian ; Terazzi, R. ; Tardy, C. ; Maulini, R. ; Bismuto, A. ; Gresch, T. ; Rochat, M. ; Muller, A. ; Sudmeyer, Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Temps-Frequence, Univ. de Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Flicker noise was studied in a set of 20 QCLs at 7-8 μm, showing significant differences among the devices and the probable existence of various noise sources. Ridgewaveguide lasers showed lower noise than buried-heterostructures.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; flicker noise; laser noise; quantum cascade lasers; ridge waveguides; flicker noise; frequency noise; mid-infrared distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers; ridge-waveguide lasers; wavelength 7 mum to 8 mum; Frequency measurement; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Noise measurement; Quantum cascade lasers; Voltage measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989802