Title :
Improved nonlinear active region designs for second-harmonic light generation in quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Shu, Gary ; Narimanov, Evgenii E. ; Gmachl, Claire F. ; Sivco, Deborah L. ; Cho, Alfred Y. ; Belyanin, Alexey
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
Nonlinear interaction of laser modes in quantum cascade lasers with novel integrated resonant nonlinear optical intersubband transition designs is discussed. Nonlinear active regions with high nonlinear susceptibility are used to produce second-harmonic generation light.
Keywords :
laser modes; laser transitions; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical design techniques; optical harmonic generation; quantum cascade lasers; laser modes; nonlinear active region design; nonlinear susceptibility; optical intersubband transition; quantum cascade lasers; second-harmonic light generation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201955
