Title :
Thermoelectric Cooled Mid-IR Interband Cascade Lasers
Author :
Hill, Cory J. ; Mansour, Kamjou ; Qiu, Yueming ; Soibel, Alex ; Yang, Rui Q.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
In this paper, we will report our recent progress in developing thermoelectric (TE) cooled mid-IR IC Fabry-Perot (FP) and distributed feedback (DFB) lasers which can operate in CW mode at temperatures up to 264 and 255 K, respectively
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; distributed feedback lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; quantum cascade lasers; thermo-optical effects; 80 to 260 K; CW mode operation; DFB laser; Fabry-Perot laser; distributed feedback lasers; mid-IR interband cascade lasers; thermoelectric cooling; Distributed feedback devices; Gas lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tellurium; Thermoelectricity; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9560-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708102
