• DocumentCode
    2952468
  • Title

    Hot phonons in quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Spagnolo, V. ; Troccoli, Mariano ; Scamarcio, G. ; Gmachl, C. ; Tredicucci, A. ; Capasso, Federico ; Hutchinson, A.L. ; Sivco, D.L. ; Cho, Andrew Y.

  • Author_Institution
    INFM, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-15 Sept. 2000
  • Abstract
    Summary form only. We report evidence of non-equilibrium population of interface phonons in cw operated quantum cascade lasers, obtained by micro-probe Raman and photoluminescence measurements. Interface phonon lifetimes of 1 ps (0.8 ps) at 116 K (193 K) lattice temperatures, are estimated.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; hot carriers; interface phonons; photoluminescence; quantum well lasers; 0.8 ps; 1 ps; 116 K; 193 K; cw operated quantum cascade lasers; hot phonons; interface phonon lifetimes; interface phonons; lattice temperatures; micro-probe Raman spectra; non-equilibrium population; photoluminescence measurements; quantum cascade lasers; Optical materials; Phonons; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6319-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910100
  • Filename
    910100