Single-mode instability in standing-wave lasers: The quantum cascade laser as a self-pumped parametric oscillator

We report the observation of a clear single-mode instability threshold in continuous-wave Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). The instability is characterized by the appearance of sidebands separated by tens of free spectral ranges (FSR) from the first lasing mode, at a pump current not much...

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Main Authors: Mansuripur, Tobias S., Vernet, Camille, Chevalier, Paul, Aoust, Guillaume, Schwarz, Benedikt, Xie, Feng, Caneau, Catherine, Lascola, Kevin, Zah, Chung-en, Caffey, David P., Day, Timothy, Missaggia, Leo J., Connors, Michael K., Wang, Christine A., Belyanin, Alexey, Capasso, Federico
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105739

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