Title :
Modal instability and beam steering in quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Yao, Yu ; Huang, Yuting ; Wang, Xiaojun ; Gmachl, Claire F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Time-resolved far-field measurements of Quantum Cascade lasers show beam steering on the few nano-second scale. Spatially resolved spectra show that the beam steering is accompanied with frequency locking between transverse modes.
Keywords :
beam steering; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser variables measurement; quantum cascade lasers; beam steering; frequency locking; modal instability; quantum cascade lasers; spatially resolved spectra; time-resolved far-field measurements; transverse modes; Beam steering; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Logic gates; Measurement by laser beam; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
