We report on the room-temperature cascade laser (QCL) at λ -4.7μm. cw operation of a surface grating Both grating design and material distributed feedback (DFB) quantum optimization are used to decrease the thre...We report on the room-temperature cascade laser (QCL) at λ -4.7μm. cw operation of a surface grating Both grating design and material distributed feedback (DFB) quantum optimization are used to decrease the threshold current density and to increase the output power. For a high-reflectivity-coated 13-μm-wide and 4- mm-long laser, high wall-plug efficiency of 6% is obtained at 20℃ from a single facet producing over I W of ew output power. The threshold current density of DFB QCL is as low as 1.13kA/cm^2 at 10℃ and 1.34kA/cm2 at 30℃ in cw mode. Stable single-mode emission with a side-mode suppression ratio of about 30 dB is observed in tile working temperature range of 20-50℃.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos 2013CB632801 and 2013CB632803the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61435014,61306058 and 61274094the Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant No 4144086
文摘We report on the room-temperature cascade laser (QCL) at λ -4.7μm. cw operation of a surface grating Both grating design and material distributed feedback (DFB) quantum optimization are used to decrease the threshold current density and to increase the output power. For a high-reflectivity-coated 13-μm-wide and 4- mm-long laser, high wall-plug efficiency of 6% is obtained at 20℃ from a single facet producing over I W of ew output power. The threshold current density of DFB QCL is as low as 1.13kA/cm^2 at 10℃ and 1.34kA/cm2 at 30℃ in cw mode. Stable single-mode emission with a side-mode suppression ratio of about 30 dB is observed in tile working temperature range of 20-50℃.