Quantum cascade semiconductor amplifiers for high power single mode emission at /spl lambda/ = 7.5 /spl mu/m

Author

Troccoli, M. ; Capasso, F. ; Gmachl, C. ; Straub, A. ; Sivco, D.L. ; Cho, A.Y.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

158

Abstract

Summary from only given. We present a mid-IR semiconductor optical amplifier based on a quantum cascade (QC) active region, which has been used to attain high output powers from distributed-feedback (DFB) QC lasers without affecting their single mode behavior. The device was realized as schematically shown in a master oscillator-power amplifier (MOPA) configuration.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; infrared sources; laser modes; laser transitions; quantum cascade lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 7.5 micron; DFB QC lasers; distributed-feedback QC lasers; high output powers; high power single mode emission; master oscillator-power amplifier configuration; mid-IR semiconductor optical amplifier; quantum cascade active region; quantum cascade semiconductor amplifiers; single mode behavior; Gas lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser modes; Optical amplifiers; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033558

Filename

1033558