Performance and Reliability of Quantum Cascade Lasers

Conference · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015479· OSTI ID:1111224

Myers, Tanya L.; Cannon, Bret D.; Taubman, Matthew S.; Bernacki, Bruce E.

We present the burn-in behavior and power stability of multiple quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) that were measured to investigate their long-term performance. For these experiments, the current to the QCL was cycled every ten minutes, and the output power was monitored over time for durations as long as two months. A small increase in power for a given injection current is observed for almost all of the QCLs tested during the burn-in period. The data from these experiments will be presented along with the effects of packaging the QCLs to determine the impact on performance and reliability.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1111224
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-94944; NN2001000
• Resource Relation: Conference: Laser Technology for Defense and Security IX, April 29, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland. Proceedings of the SPIE, 8733:87330E
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Quantum Cascade Laser
Burn-In
Reliability