• DocumentCode
    1772173
  • Title

    Towards watt-level performance of terahertz quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Deutsch, C. ; Brandstetter, M. ; Krall, M. ; Detz, H. ; Andrews, A.M. ; Schrenk, W. ; Strasser, G. ; Unterrainer, Au

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Terahertz quantum cascade lasers have not reached watt-level output powers yet. We present surface-plasmon devices with a peak power of 0.94 W. The device consists of two symmetric active regions combined by a wafer-bonding step.
  • Keywords
    quantum cascade lasers; surface plasmons; power 0.94 W; surface-plasmon devices; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; wafer-bonding step; Doping profiles; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Performance evaluation; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989807