Tapered Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays Integrated with Talbot Cavities

Autor: Yue Zhao, Jin-Chuan Zhang, Feng-Min Cheng, Dong-Bo Wang, Chuan-Wei Liu, Ning Zhuo, Shen-Qiang Zhai, Li-Jun Wang, Jun-Qi Liu, Shu-Man Liu, Feng-Qi Liu, Zhan-Guo Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nanoscale Research Letters, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1931-7573
1556-276X
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2617-z
Popis: Abstract Power scaling in broad area quantum cascade laser (QCL) usually leads to the deterioration of the beam quality with an emission of multiple lobes far-field pattern. In this letter, we demonstrate a tapered QCL array integrated with Talbot cavity at one side of the array. Fundamental supermode operation is achieved in the arrays with taper straight-end connected to the Talbot cavity. Lateral far-field of the fundamental supermode shows a near diffraction limited beam divergence of 2.7°. The output power of a five-element array is about three times as high as a single-ridge laser with an emission wavelength of around 4.8 μm. However, arrays with the taper-end connected to the Talbot cavity always show a high-order supermode operation whatever Talbot cavity length is.
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