Title :
Surface emission of intracavity frequency-doubled light from quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Austerer, M. ; Pflügl, C. ; Golka, S. ; Schartner, S. ; Schrenk, W. ; Roch, T. ; Andrews, A.M. ; Strasser, G.
Author_Institution :
Zentrum fur Mikro- und Nanostrukt., Tech. Univ. Wien, Vienna
Abstract :
We report second-harmonic generation in GaAs-based quantum cascade lasers due to intersubband nonlinearities. Using a distributed feedback grating we obtain single-mode second-harmonic surface emission, where no fundamental light is emitted via the surface.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; gallium arsenide; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical harmonic generation; quantum cascade lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs; distributed feedback grating; intersubband nonlinearities; intracavity frequency-doubled light; quantum cascade lasers; second-harmonic generation; single-mode surface emission; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Gratings; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical surface waves; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (250.7270) Vertical emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628046
