• 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