Mid-infrared interband cascade lasers at thermoelectric cooler temperatures
Mid-infrared interband cascade lasers at thermoelectric cooler temperatures
- Author(s): K. Mansour ; Y. Qiu ; C.J. Hill ; A. Soibel ; R.Q. Yang
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20062442
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- Author(s): K. Mansour 1 ; Y. Qiu 1 ; C.J. Hill 1 ; A. Soibel 1 ; R.Q. Yang 1
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1: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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Affiliations:
1: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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Volume 42, Issue 18,
31 August 2006,
p.
1034 – 1036
DOI: 10.1049/el:20062442 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Continuous-wave operation of a mid-infrared (∼3.3 µm) interband cascade laser has been demonstrated at temperatures up to 264 K. The laser has also been operated continuously with a thermoelectric cooler near 260 K for more than 1900 h without observable degradation.
Inspec keywords: semiconductor lasers; quantum cascade lasers
Other keywords:
Subjects: Lasing action in semiconductors; Semiconductor lasers; Design of specific laser systems
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