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28 April 1995 Single-mode distributed-feedback GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers for laser absorption spectroscopy
Nancy A. Morris; John C. Connolly; Ramon U. Martinelli; Joseph H. Abeles; David E. Cooper; Clinton B. Carlisle; Haris Riris; Anthony L. Cook
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Proceedings Volume 2382, Laser Diodes and Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208447
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States
Abstract
Laser absorption spectroscopy using III-V semiconductor laser diodes has several advantages for gas sensing applications, as compared with traditional methods employing tunable dye laser and II-VI (e.g., lead salt) laser sources. These advantages include room-temperature operation, reduced cost, and compact size. Limited coverage of spectroscopy wavelengths by high-performance III-V lasers has prevented their widespread application to gas sensing. At those fixed wavelengths, performance of commercially available devices has been limited by multimode emission and/or inadequate wavelength tuning and mode hops. These spectra can, however, be greatly improved by incorporating frequency-selective structures. We have developed single-mode distributed-feedback (DFB) GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers applicable to laser spectroscopy of molecules absorbing in the wavelength interval from 760 to 840 nm. These devices exhibit low threshold current (< 20 mA), high efficiency (> 40%), high output power (> 25 mW), and narrow linewidth (< 3.0 MHz). The lasers display smooth, continuous, single-mode wavelength tuning over 5 nm. Typical temperature and current wavelength-tuning coefficients are 0.065 nm/ degree(s)C and 0.0075 nm/mA (approximately -3.5 GHz/mA), respectively. In preliminary tests, they have been applied to the detection of H2O vapor and O2 gas.
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Nancy A. Morris, John C. Connolly, Ramon U. Martinelli, Joseph H. Abeles, David E. Cooper, Clinton B. Carlisle, Haris Riris, and Anthony L. Cook "Single-mode distributed-feedback GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers for laser absorption spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 2382, Laser Diodes and Applications, (28 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208447
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