Title :
Design rules for high wall-plug efficiency quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Ouerghemmi, E. ; Trinité, V. ; Nagle, J.
Author_Institution :
THALES Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
An excellent agreement is achieved between calculated and experimental performances for published designs. By optimization of gain saturation in the structure, wall plug efficiency can be increased by more than 50%.
Keywords :
amplification; quantum cascade lasers; gain saturation optimization; high wall plug efficiency quantum cascade laser; injector barrier thickness; Cavity resonators; Materials; Optimization; Photonics; Plugs; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature; Injectorless quantum cascade laser; gain saturation; high power; high wall plug efficiency; injector barrier thickness; multiple material band design;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642738
