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      Utilizing broad gain bandwidth in quantum cascade devices

      Optical Engineering
      SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng

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          Short wavelength (λ∼3.4 μm) quantum cascade laser based on strained compensated InGaAs/AlInAs

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            Ultra-broadband semiconductor laser.

            The fundamental mechanism behind laser action leads in general only to narrowband, single-wavelength emission. Several approaches for achieving spectrally broadband laser action have been put forward, such as enhancing the optical feedback in the wings of the gain spectrum, multi-peaked gain spectra, and the most favoured technique at present, ultrashort pulse excitation. Each of these approaches has drawbacks, such as a complex external laser cavity configuration, a non-flat optical gain envelope function, or an inability to operate in continuous mode, respectively. Here we present a monolithic, mid-infrared 'supercontinuum' semiconductor laser that has none of these drawbacks. We adopt a quantum cascade configuration, where a number of dissimilar intersubband optical transitions are made to cooperate in order to provide broadband optical gain from 5 to 8 microm wavelength. Laser action with a Fabry-Pérot spectrum covering all wavelengths from 6 to 8 microm simultaneously is demonstrated with this approach. Lasers that emit light over such an extremely wide wavelength range are of interest for applications as varied as terabit optical data communications or ultra-precision metrology and spectroscopy.
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              External cavity quantum cascade laser tunable from 7.6 to 11.4 μm

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                Journal
                Optical Engineering
                Opt. Eng
                SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
                0091-3286
                November 01 2010
                November 01 2010
                : 49
                : 11
                : 111120
                Article
                10.1117/1.3505845
                76a02c97-59ef-4dfb-9c25-52e574576fad
                © 2010
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