A review of recent results of mid-infrared quantum cascade photonic devices operating under external optical control
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to gather recent findings about the non-linear dynamics of distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), with a view on practical applications in a near future. As opposed to other semiconductor lasers, usually emitting in the visible or the near-infrared region, QCL technology takes advantage of intersubband transitions and quantum engineering to emit in the mid-infrared and far-infrared domain. This peculiarity and its physical consequences were long considered as a detrimental characteristic to generate non-linear dynamics under external optical control. However, we show that a wide diversity of phenomena, from high-dimensional chaos to giant pulses can be observed when the QCL is under external optical feedback or under optical injection and with a continuous current bias. Most of these phenomena have already been observed in other semiconductor lasers under optical feedback or under optical injection, which allows us to compare QCLs with their interband counterparts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 07, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1088/2515-7647/ac5494
Entities
People
- Frédéric Grillot
- Olivier Spitz
Organizations
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Délégation générale pour l'Armement