Multi‐wavelength quantum cascade laser arrays

P Rauter, F Capasso - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The progress on multi‐wavelength quantum cascade laser arrays in the mid‐infrared is
reviewed, which are a powerful, robust and versatile source for next‐generation …

Optical phased array beam steering in the mid-infrared on an InP-based platform

J Midkiff, KM Yoo, JD Shin, H Dalir, M Teimourpour… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Compact, lightweight, high-power beam-steering devices operating in the mid-infrared
atmospheric window λ= 3− 5µm are attractive for aerial-based applications such as long …

Widely tunable 2.3 μm III-V-on-silicon Vernier lasers for broadband spectroscopic sensing

R Wang, S Sprengel, A Vasiliev, G Boehm… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Heterogeneously integrating III-V materials on silicon photonic integrated circuits has
emerged as a promising approach to make advanced laser sources for optical …

Monolithically, widely tunable quantum cascade lasers based on a heterogeneous active region design

W Zhou, N Bandyopadhyay, D Wu, R McClintock… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) have become important laser sources for accessing the
mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range, achieving watt-level continuous wave operation in a …

Rf-modulation of mid-infrared distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers

B Hinkov, A Hugi, M Beck, J Faist - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We present the electrical and optical characterization and theoretical modeling of the
transient behavior of regular 4.5-μm single-mode emitting distributed feedback (DFB) …

Dual-wavelength DFB quantum cascade lasers: sources for multi-species trace gas spectroscopy

F Kapsalidis, M Shahmohammadi, MJ Süess, JM Wolf… - Applied Physics B, 2018 - Springer
We report on the design, fabrication, and performance of dual-wavelength distributed-
feedback (DFB) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) emitting at several wavelengths in the mid …

Rapid Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds by Switch–Scan Tuning of Vernier Quantum-Cascade Lasers

R Brechbühler, M Selakovic, P Scheidegger… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exhibit typically broad and mutually overlapping ro-
vibrational absorption fingerprints. This complexity has so far limited the applicability of laser …

High performance monolithic, broadly tunable mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

W Zhou, D Wu, R McClintock, S Slivken, M Razeghi - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Mid-infrared lasers, emitting in the spectral region of 3–12 μm that contains strong
characteristic vibrational transitions of many important molecules, are highly desirable for …

Extended and quasi-continuous tuning of quantum cascade lasers using superstructure gratings and integrated heaters

Y Bidaux, A Bismuto, C Tardy, R Terazzi… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we demonstrate broad electrical tuning of quantum cascade lasers at 9.25 μm,
8.5 μm, and 4.4 μm in continuous wave operation using Vernier-effect distributed Bragg …

In-water fiber-optic evanescent wave sensing with quantum cascade lasers

P Chevalier, M Piccardo, GM de Naurois… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability of detecting harmful chemicals is an important safety requirement for drinking
water systems. An apparatus for in-water chemical sensing based on the absorption of …