Title : 
Electrically pumped mid-infrared random lasers
         
        
            Author : 
Liang, H.K. ; Meng, B. ; Liang, G.Z. ; Wang, Q.J. ; Zhang, Ye
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Singapore Inst. of Manuf. Technol., Singapore, Singapore
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Electrically pumped random lasers in the mid-infrared regime at λ~ 10 μm have been demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. The laser is based on a quantum cascade (QC) gain media with designed filling fractions of scatterers.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical pumping; quantum cascade lasers; random processes; electrical pumping; filling fractions; midinfrared random lasers; quantum cascade gain media; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Scattering;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA