Interband cascade lasers for the mid-infrared spectral region

S. Hoefling; R. Weih; M. Dallner; M. Kamp

doi:10.1117/12.2038130

Interband cascade lasers for the mid-infrared spectral region

S. Hoefling^*, R. Weih, M. Dallner, M. Kamp

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Interband cascade lasers are mid-infrared semiconductor lasers that are very promising for low power consumption applications in the 3-6 μm spectral range. Therefore, they are ideal for gas sensing of hydrocarbons. Combining interband transitions utilized in diode lasers with a cascading scheme widely exploited in intersubband transition based quantum cascade lasers, interband cacscade lasers can operate at threshold current densities around or below 100 Acm(-2) at room temperature. Distributed feedback interband cascade lasers emit at room temperature continuous wave output powers in the mW range and above, and their side mode suppression ratio can well exceed 20 dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XIII
Editors	AA Belyanin, PM Smowton
Place of Publication	Bellingham
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	6
Volume	9002
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038130
Publication status	Published - 27 Feb 2014
Event	Conference on Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XIII - San Francisco, Canada Duration: 3 Feb 2014 → 6 Feb 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9002
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Conference on Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XIII
Country/Territory	Canada
Period	3/02/14 → 6/02/14

Keywords

Semiconductor laser
Interband cascade laser
Mid infrared

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Interband cascade lasers for the mid-infrared spectral region

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