DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS

Authors
FAIST J GMACHL C CAPASSO F SIRTORI C SIVCO DL BAILLARGEON JN CHO AY
Citation
J. Faist et al., DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS, Applied physics letters, 70(20), 1997, pp. 2670-2672
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
70
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2670 - 2672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1997)70:20<2670:DQCL>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Pulsed single mode operation of distributed feedback quantum cascade l asers is reported above room temperature at both 5.3 and 8 mu m wavele ngths, Peak optical powers up to 60 mW at 300 K are obtained with a tu ning range of similar to 60 nm from 100 to similar to 320 K. The linew idth is limited by thermal drift during the pulse with a typical value of 0.3 cm(-1) for a 10 ns long pulse at 300 K. (C) 1997 American Inst itute of Physics.