Al0.45Ga0.55As/GaAs-based single-mode distributed-feedback quantum-cascade lasers with surface gratings

Anna Szerling; Renata Kruszka; Kamil Kosiel; Marek Wzorek; Krystyna Gołaszewska; Artur Trajnerowicz; Piotr Karbownik; Maciej Kuc; Tomasz G. Czyszanowski; Michał J. Walczakowski; Norbert Pałka

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.11.026004

25 April 2017 Al_0.45Ga_0.55As/GaAs-based single-mode distributed-feedback quantum-cascade lasers with surface gratings

Anna Szerling, Renata Kruszka, Kamil Kosiel, Marek Wzorek, Krystyna Gołaszewska, Artur Trajnerowicz, Piotr Karbownik, Maciej Kuc, Tomasz G. Czyszanowski, Michał J. Walczakowski, Norbert Pałka

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 026004 (April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.026004

Abstract

Conditions of fabrication of first-order distributed-feedback surface gratings designed for single-mode Al0.45Ga0.55As/GaAs quantum cascades lasers with the emission wavelength of about 10 μm are presented. The 1-μm-deep rectangular-shaped gratings with the period of about 1.55 μm and duty cycle in the range of 65% to 71% made by the standard photolithography are demonstrated. The wavenumber difference of about 7 cm−1 at 77 K is observed for the radiation emitted by lasers fabricated from the same epitaxial structure with ridge widths in the range of 15 to 25 μm. Moreover, the emission wavelength of the lasers could be tuned with temperature at a rate of 1 nm/K in the temperature range of 77 to 120 K. The full width at half maximum of the emitted spectra is ∼0.4 cm−1.

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Anna Szerling, Renata Kruszka, Kamil Kosiel, Marek Wzorek, Krystyna Gołaszewska, Artur Trajnerowicz, Piotr Karbownik, Maciej Kuc, Tomasz G. Czyszanowski, Michał J. Walczakowski, and Norbert Pałka "Al_0.45Ga_0.55As/GaAs-based single-mode distributed-feedback quantum-cascade lasers with surface gratings," Journal of Nanophotonics 11(2), 026004 (25 April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.026004

Received: 27 February 2017; Accepted: 7 April 2017; Published: 25 April 2017

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