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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

^[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)

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017

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

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1425098

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1399819

Report Number(s):: BNL-203316-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X

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

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Optics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 31; Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X

Publisher:: Optical Society of America

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; infrared and far-infrared lasers; semiconductor lasers; distributed-feedback lasers

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                    Feng, Tao, Hosoda, Takashi, Shterengas, Leon, Kipshidze, Gela, Stein, Aaron, Lu, Ming, and Belenky, Gregory. Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Feng, Tao, Hosoda, Takashi, Shterengas, Leon, Kipshidze, Gela, Stein, Aaron, Lu, Ming, & Belenky, Gregory. Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.000H74

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                    Feng, Tao, Hosoda, Takashi, Shterengas, Leon, Kipshidze, Gela, Stein, Aaron, Lu, Ming, and Belenky, Gregory. Wed .  
"Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.000H74.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425098.

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@article{osti_1425098,

  title        = {Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22 μm},

  author       = {Feng, Tao and Hosoda, Takashi and Shterengas, Leon and Kipshidze, Gela and Stein, Aaron and Lu, Ming and Belenky, Gregory},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1364/AO.56.000H74},

  journal      = {Applied Optics},

  number       = 31,

  volume       = 56,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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