Coupled‐Waveguides for Dispersion Compensation in Semiconductor Lasers

Abstract

A dual waveguide for intracavity dispersion compensation in semiconductor lasers is presented and applied to a short mid‐infrared wavelength quantum cascade laser operating in the first atmospheric window ( 4.6 μm). As a result, stable comb operation on the full multi‐mode dynamical range is achieved in this device. Unlike previously proposed schemes, the dual waveguide approach can be applied to various types of semiconductor lasers and material systems. In particular, it could enable efficient group velocity dispersion compensation at near‐infrared wavelengths where semiconductor materials exhibit a large value of that parameter.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2018
Source ID
10.1002/lpor.201700323

Entities

People

  • Filippos Kapsalidis
  • Jérôme Faist
  • Mattias Beck
  • Pierre Jouy
  • Yves Bidaux

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • ETH Zurich
  • Swiss National Science Foundation

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing