Electrically Tunable Mid-Infrared Single-Mode High-Speed Semiconductor Laser
Abstract
Single mode tunable mid-IR semiconductor lasers are in high demand in chemical sensing, pollution monitoring, industrial process control and optical communications. Working on the project we proposed and proved theoretically the way of rapid electrical tuning of mid-IR semiconductor lasers. We also developed the mid-IR laser design and pushed the long wavelength limit of CW room temperature operation to 3.4nm for type I GaSb based quantum well lasers. A single lateral mode laser emitting CW at 3.15um at room temperature was demonstrated. This device is an important step towards development of a continuously tunable single mode mid-IR laser operating above 3um at room temperature.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA544757
Entities
People
- Gregory Belenky
- Sergey Suchalkin
Organizations
- State University of New York