Title :
Optical gain and continuous tuning of sub-millimeter injectionless hot hole p-Ge laser
Author :
Vorobjev, L.E. ; Danilov, S.N. ; Firsov, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Semicond. Phys. & Nanoelectron., St. Petersburg State Tech. Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Tuned submillimeter (80-200 /spl mu/m) laser based on hole heating in germanium is designed and investigated in Faraday and Voight field configurations. GaAs-AlGaAs quantum well structures were investigated with this hot hole laser.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; germanium; laser transitions; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; submillimetre wave lasers; 80 to 200 mum; Faraday field configurations; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs-AlGaAs quantum well structures; Ge; Voight field configurations; continuous tuning; hole heating; hot hole laser; optical gain; sub-millimeter injectionless hot hole p-Ge laser; Hot carriers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Virtual colonoscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1996., 15th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Haifa, Israel
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3163-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1996.558749
