• DocumentCode
    521330
  • Title

    Thermoelectric effect in quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Escarra, Matthew D. ; Benz, Alexander ; Bhatt, Anjali M. ; Hoffman, Anthony J. ; Wang, Xiaojun ; Fan, Jen-Yu ; Gmachl, Claire

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A thermoelectric effect is observed in quantum cascade lasers and validated through thermal/electrical transport modeling. Choosing the proper polarity leads to an active core heat reduction of 9 K for a 7.5 kW/cm2 thermal load.
  • Keywords
    Heat sinks; Laser modes; Optical pulses; Optical superlattices; Pulse measurements; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature dependence; Thermal loading; Thermoelectricity; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500946
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521330