• DocumentCode
    688752
  • Title

    Single mode tuning in Quantum Cascade lasers with asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type cavities

  • Author

    Zheng, Mei C. ; Liu, Peter Q. ; Xiaojun Wang ; Jun-Yu Fan ; Troccoli, Mariano ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Two separate contacts are incorporated into the different arms of Quantum Cascade lasers with asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer type cavities. Preliminary results reveal an almost-continuous single mode tuning range of 20 cm-1 at 80K.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; quantum cascade lasers; asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type cavity; quantum cascade lasers; single mode tuning; temperature 80 K; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833127