DFB quantum cascade laser arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 554-565

  Lee, Benjamin G ^a   Belkin, Mikhail A ^b,c   Pflügl, Christian ^a   Diehl, Laurent ^a   Zhang, Haifei A ^a   Audet, Ross M ^b,d   MacArthur, Jim ^a   Bour, David P ^e,f,g   Corzine, Scott W ^e,h   Höfler, Gloria E ^e,i   Capasso, Federico ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGILENT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f Photodigm Inc   (United States)

^g Bridgelux Inc   (United States)

^h INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ Argos Tech LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

DFB lasers; Infrared spectroscopy; Mid infrared; Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs); Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

COUPLING STRENGTHS; DFB LASER; DFB LASERS; LASER CAVITY; LASER EMISSION; MID-INFRARED; MID-INFRARED QUANTUM CASCADE; MIRROR FACETS; OUTPUT POWER; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM CASCADES; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SINGLE MODE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; MIRRORS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 67649584592     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013175     Document Type: Article

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