Theory of transverse mode coherence in quantum cascade lasers

Author

Wójcik, Aleksander K. ; Yu, Nanfang ; Diehl, Laurent ; Cubukcu, Ertugrul ; Bour, David ; Corzine, Scott ; Zhu, Jintian ; Höfler, Gloria ; Crozier, Kenneth B. ; Capasso, Federico ; Belyanin, Alexey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We model the phase coherence of multi-transverse modes of buried-heterostructure quantum cascade lasers. The experimentally observed transverse mode locking and beam steering are explained by four-wave mixing of longitudinal modes belonging to different transverse modes.

Keywords

beam steering; laser beams; laser mode locking; light coherence; multiwave mixing; quantum cascade lasers; beam steering; buried-heterostructure QCL; four-wave mixing; multitransverse mode coherence; phase coherence; quantum cascade laser; transverse mode locking; Beam steering; Coherence; Four-wave mixing; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum mechanics; (000.4430) Numerical approximation and analysis; (030.4070) Modes; (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225504