Mid-Wave IR and Long-Wave IR Semiconductor Laser Development
Abstract
Broad area quantum cascade lasers may preferentially operate in only a few high order modes rather than in a strongly multimode regime. We demonstrate that in such cases the high order mode can be converted into a single-lobed near diffraction-limited beam using an appropriate optic placed in the near field. Alternatively, high order modes can be strongly attenuated via slight sidewall etching. The result is to encourage fundamental mode lasing also leading to a very good far field beam. A third manner to influence the transverse modes is with feedback from an external mirror. The latter case can be used to create a plethora of modes albeit ones substantially less than the diffraction limit. The investigations demonstrate that broad area quantum cascade lasers (BA-QCLs) have the potential to simultaneously produce high power simultaneously with high brightness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 30, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1089067
Entities
People
- Andy Lu
- R. Kaspi
- Tim Newell
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory