Monolithic dispersion engineered mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency comb

Dapeng Wu; Yu Ma; Yongqiang Sun; Ruixin Huang; Jinchuan Zhang; Shuman Liu; Ning Zhuo; Shenqiang Zhai; Fengmin Cheng; Fengqi Liu; Quanyong Lu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.528787

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 11, 2566(2024)

Monolithic dispersion engineered mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency comb

Dapeng Wu^1,2,3、†, Yu Ma^2、†, Yongqiang Sun^1,3、†, Ruixin Huang^1,2,3, Jinchuan Zhang^1,3,4、*, Shuman Liu^1,3,5、*, Ning Zhuo^1,3, Shenqiang Zhai^1,3, Fengmin Cheng^1,3, Fengqi Liu^1,3, and Quanyong Lu^2,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²Division of Quantum Materials and Devices, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

³Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴e-mail: zhangjinchuan@semi.ac.cn

⁵e-mail: liusm@semi.ac.cn

⁶e-mail: luqy@baqis.ac.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Apr. 29, 2024

Accepted: Sep. 6, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 31, 2024

The Author Email: Jinchuan Zhang (zhangjinchuan@semi.ac.cn), Shuman Liu (liusm@semi.ac.cn), Quanyong Lu (luqy@baqis.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.528787

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