DocumentCode
2134437
Title
Watt-level room temperature continuous-wave operation of quantum cascade lasers with λ >10 μm
Author
Xie, Feng ; Caneau, Catherine ; LeBlanc, Herve P. ; Caffey, David P. ; Hughes, Lawrence C. ; Day, Timothy ; Zah, Chung-en
Author_Institution
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
7-10 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
33
Abstract
We demonstrated room temperature high power CW operation of quantum cascade lasers at 10.3 and 10.7 μm wavelengths. The CW output power reached 1.15W, and the wall-plug-efficiency reached 3.7% at 15 °C.
Keywords
laser beams; quantum cascade lasers; CW output power; power 1.15 W; quantum cascade lasers; room temperature high power CW operation; temperature 15 degC; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wall-plug-efficiency; watt-level room temperature continuous-wave operation; wavelength 10.3 mum; wavelength 10.7 mum; Cavity resonators; Measurement by laser beam; Performance evaluation; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Threshold current;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
0899-9406
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0828-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348313
Filename
6348313
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