Title :
Rate equation analysis of three phonon-photon-phonon terahertz quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Razavipour, S.G. ; Dupont, Emmanuel ; Fathololoumi, Saeed ; Wasilewski, Zbigniew R. ; Laframboise, S.R. ; Liu, H.C. ; Ban, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A rate equation model is presented to analyze the performance of terahertz quantum cascade lasers based on consecutive phonon-photon-phonon emissions. Devices lased up to 128.5, 138, and 144 K at 2.5, 3.2 and 2.6 THz, respectively.
Keywords :
quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave spectra; consecutive phonon-photon-phonon terahertz emissions; frequency 2.5 THz; frequency 2.6 THz; frequency 3.2 THz; quantum cascade lasers; rate equation analysis; temperature 128.5 K; temperature 138 K; temperature 144 K; Equations; Mathematical model; Optical device fabrication; Phonons; Predictive models; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
