Beam Properties of High-Power Reliable Mid-IR Quantum Cascade Lasers after 1300 Hours of Aging
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Knipfer, Benjamin; Hoerr, Dave; Farzaneh, Maryam; Ryu, Jae Ha; Turville-Heitz, Morgan; Mawst, Luke J.; Botez, Dan; Earles, Tom; Ruder, Steven; Galstad, Chris; Klaus, Michael; Oresick, Kevin; Marsland, Robert
- Source
- 2022 28th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2022 28th International. :1-2 Oct, 2022
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Stimulated emission
Semiconductor lasers
Ultraviolet sources
Aging
Laser beams
Reliability
Quantum cascade lasers
- Language
Quantum cascade lasers emitting in the mid-infrared have demonstrated extremely stable and reliable single-spatialmode operation. For the first time, we present the beam quality data of devices before and after 1300 hours of aging at high optical-power densities as well as high current densities.