• DocumentCode
    3458421
  • Title

    High power (>400 mW) long wavelength 16 /spl mu/m room temperature quantum cascade laser

  • Author

    Rochat, M. ; Beck, M. ; Faist, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Phys., Neuchatel Univ., Switzerland
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    11-11 May 2001
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We present a room temperature quantum cascade laser operating at a long wavelength of 16 /spl mu/m and based on a bound-to-continuum transition. A record maximal peak power of >400 mW was observed at -40/spl deg/C.
  • Keywords
    laser transitions; quantum well lasers; resonant tunnelling; semiconductor superlattices; waveguide lasers; -40 to 60 C; 16 micron; 400 mW; Peltier cooler; bound-to-continuum transition; electron extraction efficiency; high power laser; long wavelength; resonant tunneling injection; room temperature quantum cascade laser; superlattice; threshold current density; Force sensors; Gratings; Laser theory; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Physics; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-662-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2001.948233
  • Filename
    948233