Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm

Feng, Tao; Hosoda, Takashi; Shterengas, Leon; Kipshidze, Gela; Stein, Aaron; Lu, Ming; Belenky, Gregory

doi:10.1364/AO.56.000H74

Title: Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm

Journal Article · Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Applied Optics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.000H74· OSTI ID:1425098

^[1]; Hosoda, Takashi ^[1]; Shterengas, Leon ^[1]; Kipshidze, Gela ^[1]; Stein, Aaron ^[2]; Lu, Ming ^[2]; Belenky, Gregory ^[1]

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The laterally coupled distributed feedback (LC-DFB) GaSb-based type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers using the second- and the sixth-order gratings to stabilize the output spectrum near 3.22 μm were designed and fabricated in this paper. The laser heterostructure contained three cascades. The devices were manufactured using a single dry etching step defining the ~5-μm-wide ridge with ~5-μm-wide gratings sections adjacent to the ridge sides. The grating coupling coefficients were estimated to be about 1 cm^-1. The stability of the single-frequency operation was ensured by alignment of the DFB mode to the relatively wide gain peak. The 2-mm-long second-order LC-DFB lasers generated above 10 mW of continuous-wave (CW) output power at 20°C in epi-side-up configuration and demonstrated power conversion efficiency above 2%. The sixth-order LC-DFB lasers showed lower efficiency but still generated several milliwatts of CW output power. Finally, the devices demonstrated a CW current tuning range of about 3.5 nm at the temperature of 20°C.

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Research Organization:: Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; ECCS-1408126; W911NF1110109

OSTI ID:: 1425098

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1399819

Report Number(s):: BNL-203316-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: Applied Optics, Vol. 56, Issue 31; ISSN 1559-128X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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