Spectral gain and cavity loss characterization of an optically-pumped external-cavity surface-emitting quantum well laser

Author

Head, C. Robin ; Wilcox, K.G. ; Morris, O.J. ; Turnbull, Andrew P. ; Beere, H.E. ; Farrer, I. ; Ritchie, D.A. ; Tropper, A.C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present the spectral gain and cavity loss characterisation of an optically-pumped external-cavity 1-μm surface-emitting InGaAs quantum well laser by observing the evolution of intracavity power and spontaneous emission following the uncovering of the cavity mode by an intra-cavity chopper. The smooth monotonic rise (fall) is characteristic of an external-cavity quantum well laser where the photon lifetime is approximately two orders of magnitude higher than the carrier lifetime.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; carrier lifetime; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; spontaneous emission; surface emitting lasers; InGaAs; carrier lifetime; cavity loss; cavity mode; intra-cavity chopper; intracavity power; optically-pumped external-cavity surface-emitting quantum well laser; photon lifetime; spectral gain; spontaneous emission; wavelength 1 mum; Cavity resonators; Extraterrestrial measurements; Measurement by laser beam; Photoluminescence; Power lasers; Power measurement; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800753

Filename

6800753