DocumentCode
689477
Title
Impacts of side strips and ridge width on terahertz quantum cascade lasers with metal-metal waveguides
Author
Xu, Changsheng ; Ferre, S. ; Ban, D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Effects of side uncovered strips and ridge width on terahertz quantum cascade laser performance are investigated numerically and experimentally. Results show substantial performance degradation with shrinking ridge width. An optimal strip width is obtained.
Keywords
microwave photonics; numerical analysis; quantum cascade lasers; waveguide lasers; metal-metal waveguides; ridge width; side uncovered strips; strip width; terahertz quantum cascade laser; Gallium arsenide; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Strips; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833861
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