Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared
Intersubband Quantum-Box (IQB) lasers; that is, devices consisting of 2-D arrays of ministacks (i.e., 2-4 stages) intersubband QB emitters are proposed, as an alternative to 30-stage quantum-cascade (QC) devices, as sources for efficient room-temperature (RT) emission in the mid-infrared (4-6 µm) w...
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| author | Plant, Jason J. Turner, George W. Meyer, Jerry R. Vurgaftman, Igor Kuech, Thomas F. Mawst, Luke J. Kirch, Jeremy Shin, Jae C. Rathi, Manish K. D'Souza, Mithun Tsvid, Gene Botez, Dan |
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| description | Intersubband Quantum-Box (IQB) lasers; that is, devices consisting of 2-D arrays of ministacks (i.e., 2-4 stages) intersubband QB emitters are proposed, as an alternative to 30-stage quantum-cascade (QC) devices, as sources for efficient room-temperature (RT) emission in the mid-infrared (4-6 µm) wavelength range. Preliminary results include: 1) the design of devices for operation with 50% wallplug efficiency at RT; 2) realization of a novel type of QC device: the deep-well (DW) QC laser, that has demonstrated at lambda =4.7µm low temperature sensitivity of the threshold current, a clear indication of suppressed carrier leakage; 3) the formation of 2-D arrays at nanopoles by employing nanopatterning and dry etching; 4) the formation of 40nm-diameter, one-stage IQB structures on 100nm centers by preferential regrowth via metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/525782022-09-29T22:43:47Z Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared Plant, Jason J. Turner, George W. Meyer, Jerry R. Vurgaftman, Igor Kuech, Thomas F. Mawst, Luke J. Kirch, Jeremy Shin, Jae C. Rathi, Manish K. D'Souza, Mithun Tsvid, Gene Botez, Dan Lincoln Laboratory Turner, George W. Plant, Jason J. Turner, George W. Intersubband Quantum-Box (IQB) lasers; that is, devices consisting of 2-D arrays of ministacks (i.e., 2-4 stages) intersubband QB emitters are proposed, as an alternative to 30-stage quantum-cascade (QC) devices, as sources for efficient room-temperature (RT) emission in the mid-infrared (4-6 µm) wavelength range. Preliminary results include: 1) the design of devices for operation with 50% wallplug efficiency at RT; 2) realization of a novel type of QC device: the deep-well (DW) QC laser, that has demonstrated at lambda =4.7µm low temperature sensitivity of the threshold current, a clear indication of suppressed carrier leakage; 3) the formation of 2-D arrays at nanopoles by employing nanopatterning and dry etching; 4) the formation of 40nm-diameter, one-stage IQB structures on 100nm centers by preferential regrowth via metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (agreement number FA8650-07-1-7709) 2010-03-15T16:23:45Z 2010-03-15T16:23:45Z 2009-01 2008-11 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1934-2608 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52578 Botez, Dan et al. “Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared.” Journal of Nanophotonics 3 (2009): 031606-12. © 2009 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3085992 Journal of Nanophotonics Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Plant, Jason J. Turner, George W. Meyer, Jerry R. Vurgaftman, Igor Kuech, Thomas F. Mawst, Luke J. Kirch, Jeremy Shin, Jae C. Rathi, Manish K. D'Souza, Mithun Tsvid, Gene Botez, Dan Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title | Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title_full | Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title_fullStr | Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title_short | Progress towards intersubband quantum-box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid-infrared |
| title_sort | progress towards intersubband quantum box lasers for highly efficient continuous wave operation in the mid infrared |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52578 |
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