• DocumentCode
    577994
  • Title

    Effects of resonant tunneling on intrinsic linewidth of quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Liu, Tiegen ; Wang, Q.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Microelectron., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    542
  • Lastpage
    543
  • Abstract
    The quantum Langevin analysis for QCLs show that coupling strength and dephasing rate strongly affect the linewidth of THz QCLs in incoherent resonant-tunneling transport regime, but induce insignificant influence for mid-infrared QCLs due to strong coupling.
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; microwave photonics; quantum cascade lasers; resonant tunnelling devices; spectral line breadth; terahertz wave devices; THz QCL; coupling strength; dephasing rate; incoherent resonant-tunneling transport; intrinsic linewidth; mid-infrared QCL; quantum Langevin analysis; quantum cascade lasers; Couplings; Distributed feedback devices; Educational institutions; Equations; Mathematical model; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonant tunneling devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358733
  • Filename
    6358733