DocumentCode
2105769
Title
Low-Voltage Defect Quantum Cascade Laser with Heterogeneous Injector Regions
Author
Hoffman, Anthony J. ; Schartner, Stephan ; Howard, Scott S. ; Franz, Kale J. ; Towner, Fred ; Gmachl, Claire
Author_Institution
Princeton Univ., Princeton
fYear
2007
fDate
21-25 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
759
Lastpage
760
Abstract
We demonstrate a quantum cascade laser that uses two alternating injectors with matching 4.6 mum active regions that operates in pulsed mode up to room temperature with a peak wall-plug efficiency of ~10 %.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; quantum cascade lasers; heterogeneous injector regions; low-voltage defect quantum cascade laser; peak wall-plug efficiency; pulsed mode operation; Chemical lasers; Contacts; Gold; Heat sinks; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382629
Filename
4382629
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