TY - GEN
T1 - Current status of high performance quantum cascade lasers at the center for quantum devices
AU - Razeghi, M.
AU - Evans, A.
AU - Bai, Y.
AU - Nguyen, J.
AU - Slivken, S.
AU - Darvish, S. R.
AU - Mi, K.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Mid-infrared laser sources are highly desired for laser-based trace chemical sensors, military countermeasures, free-space communications, as well as developing medical applications. While application development has been limited by the availability of adequate mid-infrared sources, InP-based Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) hold promise as inexpensive, miniature, portable solutions capable of producing high powers and operating at high temperatures with excellent beam quality and superior reliability. This paper discusses the most recent developments of application-ready high power (> 100 mW), continuous-wave (cw), mid-infrared QCLs operating above room temperature with lifetimes exceeding 13,000 hours.
AB - Mid-infrared laser sources are highly desired for laser-based trace chemical sensors, military countermeasures, free-space communications, as well as developing medical applications. While application development has been limited by the availability of adequate mid-infrared sources, InP-based Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) hold promise as inexpensive, miniature, portable solutions capable of producing high powers and operating at high temperatures with excellent beam quality and superior reliability. This paper discusses the most recent developments of application-ready high power (> 100 mW), continuous-wave (cw), mid-infrared QCLs operating above room temperature with lifetimes exceeding 13,000 hours.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICIPRM.2007.381258
DO - 10.1109/ICIPRM.2007.381258
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34748874681
SN - 142440875X
SN - 9781424408757
T3 - Conference Proceedings - International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials
SP - 588
EP - 593
BT - IPRM'07
T2 - IPRM'07: IEEE 19th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials
Y2 - 14 May 2007 through 18 May 2007
ER -