Structural design of a wide-ridge mid-wave infrared quantum cascade laser based on a supersymmetric waveguide

Shu-Hao DU; Xian-Tong ZHENG; Han JIA; Jin-Tao CUI; Shi-Ya ZHANG; Yuan LIU; Yu-Lin FENG; Chun-Qian ZHANG; Ming LIU; Dong-Liang ZHANG

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.03.015

Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 452(2025)

Structural design of a wide-ridge mid-wave infrared quantum cascade laser based on a supersymmetric waveguide

Shu-Hao DU¹, Xian-Tong ZHENG^1、*, Han JIA², Jin-Tao CUI², Shi-Ya ZHANG², Yuan LIU¹, Yu-Lin FENG¹, Chun-Qian ZHANG³, Ming LIU⁴, and Dong-Liang ZHANG^4、**

Author Affiliations

¹Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices， School of Instrumental Science and Optoelectronic Engineering， Beijing Information Science and Technology University， Beijing 100192， China

²Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Test Technology and Instrumentation， Ministry of Education of China， Beijing Information Science and Technology University， Beijing 100016， China

³School of Applied Science，Beijing Information Science and Technology University， Beijing 100192，China

⁴The 11th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation， Beijing 100015， China

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Paper Information

Category: Interdisciplinary Research on Infrared Science

Received: Sep. 15, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jul. 9, 2025

The Author Email: Xian-Tong ZHENG (zxt1001@bistu.edu.cn), Dong-Liang ZHANG (zdllzu2007@163.com)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.03.015

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