• DocumentCode
    243107
  • Title

    Catastrophic Degradation in Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 8.4 µm

  • Author

    Sin, Y. ; Presser, N. ; Brodie, Matthew ; Lingley, Z. ; Moss, Steven C. ; Kirch, J. ; Chang, C.C. ; Boyle, C. ; Mawst, L.J. ; Botez, D. ; Lindberg, D. ; Earles, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Photonics Lab., Aerosp. Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    76
  • Abstract
    We report on catastrophic degradation in 8.4 μm InGaAs-InAlAs quantum cascade lasers using focused ion beam (FIB) and high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM) techniques.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; focused ion beam technology; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; quantum cascade lasers; transmission electron microscopy; InGaAs-InAlAs; InGaAs-InAlAs quantum cascade lasers; catastrophic degradation; focused ion beam techniques; high-resolution transmission electron microscope techniques; wavelength 8.4 mum; Degradation; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2766-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SUM.2014.46
  • Filename
    6902994