• DocumentCode
    733794
  • Title

    Sampled grating quantum cascade lasers with high tuning stability

  • Author

    Kalchmair, S. ; Blanchard, R. ; Mansuripur, T.S. ; De Naurois, G.M. ; Diehl, L. ; Pfluegl, C. ; Witinski, M.F. ; Capasso, F. ; Loncar, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a sampled grating quantum cascade laser with excellent tuning stability over the full tuning range (106 cm-1). Spatial hole burning and facet reflections can cause unpredictable mode jumping. We present a stabilization method.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser modes; laser stability; laser tuning; light reflection; optical hole burning; quantum cascade lasers; facet reflections; mode jumping; sampled grating quantum cascade laser; spatial hole burning; stabilization method; tuning stability; Coatings; Gratings; Laser stability; Mirrors; Quantum cascade lasers; Stability analysis; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184236