• DocumentCode
    3013000
  • Title

    Analysis of the Thermal Roll-Over of Quantum Cascade Lasers

  • Author

    Howard, Scott S. ; Liu, Zhijun ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Princeton Univ., Princeton
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A description of thermal roll-over in room temperature continuous-wave operating quantum cascade lasers is presented. Models predicting maximum operating temperature and the power-current characteristics in their entirety are in excellent agreement with experimental results.
  • Keywords
    quantum cascade lasers; maximum operating temperature; power-current characteristics; quantum cascade lasers; thermal roll-over; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical feedback; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature dependence; Thermionic emission; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453050
  • Filename
    4453050