Title :
Single-mode quantum cascade lasers employing a candy-cane shaped Fabry-Perot cavity
Author :
Liu, Peter Q. ; Sladek, Kamil ; Wang, Xiaojun ; Fan, Jen-Yu ; Gmachl, Claire F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Single-mode Quantum Cascade lasers employing a candy-cane shaped Fabry-Perot cavity are demonstrated. Single-mode emission with ~25 dB side mode suppression is achieved up to ~500 mA above threshold current in pulsed operation.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; quantum cascade lasers; candy-cane shaped Fabry-Perot cavity; pulsed operation; side mode suppression; single-mode emission; single-mode quantum cascade lasers; threshold current; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Measurement by laser beam; Quantum cascade lasers; Spirals; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
