Title :
Antenna-coupled THz quantum cascade lasers for high-power emission
Author :
Chongzhao Wu ; Khanal, Subash ; Kumar, Sudhakar ; Reno, John L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
A distributed antenna-coupling scheme for THz quantum cascade lasers is introduced. Single-mode emission in a narrow beam pattern, with an order of magnitude increase in output power is predicted compared to previous distributed-feedback schemes.
Keywords :
antennas; distributed feedback lasers; quantum cascade lasers; antenna-coupled THz quantum cascade lasers; distributed antenna-coupling scheme; distributed-feedback schemes; high-power emission; single-mode emission; Apertures; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser modes; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656637
