Thermal induced facet destructive feature of quantum cascade lasers

Quande Zhang, Feng Qi Liu*, Wei Zhang, Quanyong Lu, Lijun Wang, Lu Li, Zhanguo Wang

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Abstract

We present a study on the facet damage profile of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). Conspicuous cascade half-loop damage strips on front facet are observed when QCLs catastrophically failed. Due to the large difference on thermal conductivities between active region and the substrate, dominant heat is compulsively driven to the substrate. Abundant heat accumulation and dissipation on substrate build large temperature gradient and thermal lattice mismatch. Thermal-induced stress due to sequential mismatch leads to the occurrence of the multistep damages on front facet. Good agreement is achieved between the observed locations of damaged strips and the calculated results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number141117
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume96
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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