High temperature, magnetic field assisted (sub)THz quantum cascade laser

Author

Wade, Aaron ; Fedorov, Georgy ; Smirnov, Dmitry ; Williams, Benjamin S. ; Kumar, Sushil ; Hu, Qing ; Reno, John L.

Author_Institution

Nat. High Magn. Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate magnetic field assisted, (sub)THz quantum cascade laser operating above 200 K. This is achieved through the application of strong magnetic fields which provide an additional lateral confinement in order to suppress non-radiative intersubband scattering.

Keywords

interference suppression; light scattering; magnetic fields; quantum cascade lasers; high temperature laser; magnetic field assisted laser; magnetic fields; non-radiative intersubband scattering; subTHz quantum cascade laser; Frequency; Laser transitions; Magnetic fields; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Voltage; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices; (250.5960) Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225460