Mid-infrared GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers

Autor: Jérôme Faist, Carlo Sirtori, P. Kruck, Mattias Beck, Stefano Barbieri, Julien Nagle, Philippe Collot, Ursula Oesterle
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VII.
ISSN: 0277-786X
Popis: Operation of a unipolar injection quantum cascade laser grown in a GaAs/AlGaAs material is reported. In pulsed mode an optical peak power exceeding 100 mW at 77 K and at an emission wavelength of 9.3 μm is obtained. The optimum threshold current density is 6.3 kA/cm 2 . A strong influence of external white light illumination on device operation is observed. This behaviour can be explained by the presence of DX centers in the AlGaAs cladding layers.
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