Spectral Shift of Quantum-Cascade Laser Emission under the Action of Control Voltage
- Authors: Babichev A.V.1, Pashnev D.A.2, Gladyshev A.G.1, Kurochkin A.S.1, Kolodeznyi E.S.1, Karachinsky L.Y.1,3,4, Novikov I.I.1,3,4, Denisov D.V.5, Boulley L.6, Firsov D.A.2, Vorobjev L.E.2, Pikhtin N.A.4, Bousseksou A.6, Egorov A.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- ITMO University
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Connector Optics LLC
- Ioffe Institute
- St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”
- Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), UMR9001 CNRS, Université Paris Sud
- Issue: Vol 45, No 11 (2019)
- Pages: 1136-1139
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7850/article/view/208484
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378501911018X
- ID: 208484
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Abstract
Spectral redistribution of the intensity of short- and long-wavelength emission components within gain bandwidth of a 7- to 8-μm quantum-cascade laser under the action of control voltage is demonstrated. As the voltage was increased from 10.5 to 18.2 V, the wavelength of maximum laser emission intensity shifted by approximately 200 nm. The maximum bandwidth of laser gain was about 300 nm (at a temperature of 80 K). The quantum-cascade laser heterostructure was grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The laser active region design was based on double-phonon depopulation of the lower level as implemented on In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As heteropair of solid alloys lattice-matched with an InP substrate.
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About the authors
A. V. Babichev
ITMO University
Author for correspondence.
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
D. A. Pashnev
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251
A. G. Gladyshev
ITMO University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
A. S. Kurochkin
ITMO University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
E. S. Kolodeznyi
ITMO University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101
L. Ya. Karachinsky
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC; Ioffe Institute
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292; St. Petersburg, 194021
I. I. Novikov
ITMO University; Connector Optics LLC; Ioffe Institute
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101; St. Petersburg, 194292; St. Petersburg, 194021
D. V. Denisov
St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197022
L. Boulley
Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), UMR9001 CNRS, Université Paris Sud
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
France, Université Paris Saclay
D. A. Firsov
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251
L. E. Vorobjev
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251
N. A. Pikhtin
Ioffe Institute
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
A. Bousseksou
Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), UMR9001 CNRS, Université Paris Sud
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
France, Université Paris Saclay
A. Yu. Egorov
ITMO University
Email: a.babichev@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101