Spontaneous Emission and Lasing of a Two-Wavelength Quantum-Cascade Laser
- Authors: Babichev A.V.1,2, Gladyshev A.G.1,2, Kurochkin A.S.1, Kolodeznyi E.S.1, Nevedomskii V.N.3, Karachinsky L.Y.1,2,3, Novikov I.I.1,2,3, Sofronov A.N.4, Egorov A.Y.1,2
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Affiliations:
- ITMO University
- Connector Optics LLC
- Ioffe Institute
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Issue: Vol 53, No 3 (2019)
- Pages: 345-349
- Section: Semiconductor Structures, Low-Dimensional Systems, and Quantum Phenomena
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/205854
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782619030023
- ID: 205854
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Abstract
The results of experiments on the fabrication (by molecular-beam epitaxy) and investigation of the heterostructures of a two-frequency quantum-cascade laser produced on the basis of a heteropair of In0.53Ga0.47As/Al0.48In0.52As solid solutions on an InP substrate are presented. The heterostructures contained quantum cascades emitting at a wavelength of 9.6 μm and cascades emitting at a wavelength of 7.6 μm. The high structural quality of the fabricated heterostructures is shown. The spontaneous emission and lasing spectra are investigated and the multimodal laser generation of stripe lasers at a wavelength of 7.6 μm is demonstrated.
About the authors
A. V. Babichev
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC
Author for correspondence.
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292
A. G. Gladyshev
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292
A. S. Kurochkin
ITMO University
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
E. S. Kolodeznyi
ITMO University
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
V. N. Nevedomskii
Ioffe Institute
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
L. Ya. Karachinsky
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC; Ioffe Institute
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292; St. Petersburg, 194021
I. I. Novikov
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC; Ioffe Institute
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292; St. Petersburg, 194021
A. N. Sofronov
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251
A. Yu. Egorov
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC
Email: andrey.babichev@connector-optics.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292