International Quantum Cascade Lasers School and Workshop 2016 (4-9 Sep 2016)
Abstract
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are optoelectronic devices that exploit optical transitions between engineered electronic subbands created in multiple coupled semiconductor quantum wells: The large number of nanometre-thick semiconductor layers and the complexity of the overall structure, makes the QCL the most impressive demonstration of the capabilities offered by bandstructure engineering and state-of-the-art materials growth technologies. Now 20 years from their first experimental realization, QCLs have proven to provide outstanding performance across the mid-infrared and far-infrared (terahertz) spectral ranges. The International Quantum Cascade Lasers School and Workshop (IQCLSW) serves as the premier international forum for QCL technology and applications where all leading research groups working on QCL technology and applications send their representatives. The objective of the IQCLSW is to be a think-tank where the researchers report on the most exciting recent developments in the rapidly-growing field of QCLs, brainstorm on strategic new directions for future development of QCL technology ranging from questions of basic device physics to novel applications, and provide education and training of the new generation of scientists. The core QCL technology now finds numerous commercial applications and the workshop will have a component focused on commercial applications of QCLs with a strong industrial participation. The IQCLSW meeting starts with the two-day School, in which approximately ten hour-long tutorial presentations by top scientists and engineers in the field are aimed at students, postdocs, and young scientists. Tutorial presentations arc designed to teach the fundamentals of the rapidly evolving field of mid-infrared and terahertz QCLs and mid-infrared and terahertz photonics applications. The three-day Workshop follows the School and will have keynote, invited and contributed talks, as well as poster sessions, focused on the most recent developments in QCLs and their applications. A series of networking and social activities will be arranged, in order both to allow brainstorming and also enable younger researchers to meet and discuss their work with senior and established leaders in the field. The meeting will be held at Selwyn College, Cambridge, which is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The delegates will stay in the College rooms and dine in the main Hall, whilst the talks, poster presentations, and technical exhibition will take place in the main auditorium of the adjacent University School of Music Concert Hall. Key topics of the conference will include: ¥ Design, growth and fabrication of quantum cascade lasers ¥ Photonic and electronic control of intersubband devices ¥ lntersubband device physics measurement and modelling ¥ Nonlinear optics, mode-locking, frequency combs and metrology with quantum cascade lasers ¥ Quantum cascade laser applications ¥ Technological translation to industry
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610328
Entities
People
- Alexander Davies
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Leeds