DocumentCode
3013032
Title
Temperature-dependent Gain and Loss in High Performance Quantum Cascade Lasers at 8.2 and 10.3μm
Author
Zhijun Liu ; Silva, Gloria ; Paulose, J.J. ; Gmachl, Claire F.
Author_Institution
Princeton Univ., Princeton
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Temperature-dependent optical gain and waveguide loss were measured for Quantum Cascade lasers with wavelengths of ~8.2 and ~10.3 mum. The nature of the temperature dependence of the loss indicates an extra mechanism of resonant intersubband absorption.
Keywords
gain measurement; optical loss measurement; quantum cascade lasers; thermo-optical effects; waveguide lasers; high-performance quantum cascade lasers; resonant intersubband absorption; temperature-dependent optical gain; waveguide loss; wavelength 10.3 mum; wavelength 8.2 mum; Gain measurement; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Performance gain; Performance loss; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonance; Temperature dependence; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453052
Filename
4453052
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