Title :
Short injector interband cascade lasers in the 3.3–3.6 µm spectral range
Author :
Bauer, A. ; Dallner, M. ; Nähle, L. ; Edlinger, M.V. ; Fischer, M. ; Koeth, J. ; Kamp, M. ; Höfling, S. ; Worschech, L. ; Forchel, A.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Phys. & Wilhelm-Conrad-Rontgen-Res. Center for Complex Mater. Syst., Univ. of Wurzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Abstract :
Interband cascade lasers utilizing a shortened injector design with In-free AlSb barriers are presented. 14-cascaded devices exhibit significantly increased optical mode intensity in the active region and T0 values of 58K. Maximum pulsed operation temperatures of 346K are obtained.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; laser modes; quantum cascade lasers; AlSb; maximum pulsed operation temperature; optical mode intensity; short injector interband cascade lasers; temperature 346 K; wavelength 3.3 mum to 3.6 mum; Integrated optics; Materials; Optical device fabrication; Plasma temperature; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642735