• DocumentCode
    689446
  • Title

    Time-resolved measurements of near-infrared pulse induced ultrafast optical modulation of quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Hong Cai ; Sheng Liu ; Lalanne, Elaine ; Dingkai Guo ; Xing Chen ; Xiaojun Wang ; Fow-Sen Choa ; Johnson, Amy M.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We temporally resolve ultrafast modulation of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) using a near-infrared pump mid-infrared probe technique. We compare interband and intersubband transition mechanism assisted modulation of QCLs by using different pump wavelengths.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser variables measurement; optical modulation; optical pumping; quantum cascade lasers; time resolved spectra; interband transition mechanism; intersubband transition mechanism; near-infrared pulse induced ultrafast optical modulation; near-infrared pump midinfrared probe technique; quantum cascade lasers; time-resolved measurements; Optical modulation; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Probes; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833830