• DocumentCode
    2864590
  • Title

    Coherent instabilities and self-pulsations in Quantum Cascade Lasers

  • Author

    Wang, C.Y. ; Diehl, L. ; Gordon, A. ; Jirauschek, C. ; Capasso, F. ; Kärtner, F. ; Belyanin, A. ; Bour, D. ; Corzine, S. ; Höfler, G. ; Troccoli, M. ; Grant, P. ; Liu, H.C. ; Faist, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the dynamics of quantum cascade lasers and find that spatial hole burning and the Risken-Nummedal-Graham-Haken (RNGH) instability are the main causes for multimode operation in these semiconductor lasers.
  • Keywords
    laser modes; optical hole burning; optical pulse shaping; quantum cascade lasers; Risken Nummedal Graham Haken instability; coherent instabilities; multimode operation; quantum cascade lasers; self pulsations; spatial hole burning; Autocorrelation; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Maxwell equations; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Physics; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; (140.0140); (140.5960);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627831
  • Filename
    4627831