Title :
Widely tunable external cavity interband cascade laser for spectroscopic applications
Author :
Tsai, Tracy R. ; Trofimov, Igor ; Heaps, Charles W. ; Maiorov, Mikhail ; Zeidel, Vladimir ; Kim, Chul Soo ; Kim, Mijin ; Canedy, Chadwick L. ; Bewley, William W. ; Lindle, J. Ryan ; Vurgaftman, Igor ; Meyer, Jerry R. ; Wysocki, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We performed spectroscopy of methane using a broadly tunable external cavity interband cascade laser (EC-ICL). A miniaturized EC-ICL design for field applications, with improved anti-reflection and high-reflection coatings and new EC tuning mechanism, is presented.
Keywords :
Absorption; Coatings; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Quantum cascade lasers; Refractive index; Semiconductor lasers; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
