• DocumentCode
    2256549
  • Title

    Excited-state absorption in high-power mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Dikmelik, Yamac ; Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Hoffman, Anthony J. ; Howard, Scott S. ; Franz, Kale J. ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The loss due to excited-state absorption into the continuum was calculated for high-power mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers. We find this loss to be a significant fraction of the gain at the laser wavelength.
  • Keywords
    excited states; quantum cascade lasers; excited-state absorption; high-power mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers; laser wavelength; Absorption; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum computing; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572344
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2256549