Room temperature, CW operation of 5.2 μm quantum cascade lasers with simple ridge structures, grown by MOVPE

Author

Fujita, Kazuue ; Furuta, Shinichi ; Sugiyama, Atushi ; Ochiai, Takahide ; Ito, Akio ; Edamura, Tadataka ; Akikusa, Naota ; Yamanishi, Masamichi ; Kan, Hirofumi

Author_Institution

Central Res. Labs., Hamamatsu

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate room temperature, CW operation of a 5.2 mum quantum-cascade laser with single phonon resonance-continuum depopulation structure, grown by MOVPE. The laser exhibits a simple ridge structure without high reflection coatings.

Keywords

MOCVD; laser beams; phonons; quantum cascade lasers; ridge waveguides; semiconductor growth; vapour phase epitaxial growth; waveguide lasers; CW quantum cascade lasers operation; MOVPE-grown laser; metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy; ridge structures; single phonon resonance-continuum depopulation structure; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 5.2 mum; Chemical lasers; Coatings; Epitaxial growth; Epitaxial layers; Indium phosphide; Optical reflection; Production; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571881