Chinese Optics, Volume. 17, Issue 5, 1042(2024)

4.7 μm mid-wave infrared quantum cascade laser with double active region structure

Yu-pei WANG1, Yu-hang ZHANG3, Xiao-yue LUO1, Chen-hao QIAN4, Yang CHENG2, Wu ZHAO2, Zhi-xiang WEI2, Di-yi HAN2, Fang-yuan SUN2, Jun WANG1,2、*, and Da-yong ZHOU5
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  • 1College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • 2Suzhou Everbright Photonics Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215163, China
  • 3Southeast University - Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou), Suzhou 215163, China
  • 4School of Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China
  • 5Gusu Laboratory of Materials, Suzhou 215123, China
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    This paper reports a 4.7-μm mid-wave infrared quantum cascade laser based on double active region structure with a ridge width of 9.5 μm, which can achieve continuous single transverse mode operation at room temperature. By inserting 0.8-μm InP, the original single active region is transformed into a double active region structure, which can significantly reduce the peak temperature of the device's active region and suppress the generation of higher-order transverse modes. At a temperature of 288 K, the device with a double active region structure with a cavity length of 5 mm has a threshold current density of 1.14 kA/cm2, a continuous output power of 0.706 W, a fast axis divergence angle of 27.3°, and a slow axis divergence angle of 18.1°. Compared with conventional devices with a single active region structure, the devices with a double active region structure have no degradation in their maximum optical output power and show a significant improvement in the beam quality in the slow axis direction of the device. These results provide a solution to the problem of the slow axis beam quality of high-power mid-wave quantum cascade lasers.

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    Yu-pei WANG, Yu-hang ZHANG, Xiao-yue LUO, Chen-hao QIAN, Yang CHENG, Wu ZHAO, Zhi-xiang WEI, Di-yi HAN, Fang-yuan SUN, Jun WANG, Da-yong ZHOU. 4.7 μm mid-wave infrared quantum cascade laser with double active region structure[J]. Chinese Optics, 2024, 17(5): 1042

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    Received: Jan. 3, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 13, 2024

    Published Online: Dec. 31, 2024

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.2023-0239

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