Title :
Resonant Leaky-Wave Coupled Phase-Locked Arrays of Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Author :
Chang, C.C. ; Kirch, J.D. ; Boyle, C. ; Sigler, C. ; Mawst, L.J. ; Botez, D. ; Zutter, B. ; Schulte, K. ; Kuech, T. ; Lindberg, D. ; Earles, T.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the resonant leaky-wave coupling of quantum cascade lasers, which, in turn, has provided in-phase-mode operation to 3.0 W front-facet emitted power in a near-diffraction-limited far-field beam pattern, with 2.5 W in the main lobe.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; light diffraction; quantum cascade lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; front-facet emitted power; in-phase-mode operation; mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers; near-diffraction-limited far-field beam pattern; power 2.5 W; power 3.0 W; resonant leaky-wave coupled phase-locked arrays; Apertures; Couplings; Indexes; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2014 International
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5721-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2014.151
