Title :
Room-temperature operation of λ≈2.95μm In0.67Ga0.33As/ Al0.57In0.43As quantum cascade laser source based on intra-cavity second harmonic generation
Author :
Jang, Min ; Wang, Xiaojun ; Troccoli, Mariano ; Belkin, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report λ≈2.95μm strain-compensated quantum cascade laser source based on intra-cavity second harmonic generation. The laser operates in pulsed mode at 298K with Jth=2.7kA/cm2 and provides 30μW of second-harmonic radiation with 0.1mW/W2 conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical harmonic generation; quantum cascade lasers; In0.67Ga0.33As-Al0.57In0.43As; conversion efficiency; intracavity second harmonic generation; laser pulsed mode; strain-compensated quantum cascade laser source; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Adaptive optics; Frequency conversion; Indium phosphide; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical harmonic generation; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4