14 μm quantum cascade lasers based on diagonal transition and nonresonant extraction

Shouzhu Niu; Junqi Liu; Fengmin Cheng; Huan Wang; Jinchuan Zhang; Ning Zhuo; Shenqiang Zhai; Lijun Wang; Shuman Liu; Fengqi Liu; Zhanguo Wang; Xiaohua Wang; Zhipeng Wei

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001244

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 11, 1244(2019)

14 μm quantum cascade lasers based on diagonal transition and nonresonant extraction

Shouzhu Niu^1,2, Junqi Liu^1,2,3,5、*, Fengmin Cheng^1,2,3, Huan Wang^1,2,3, Jinchuan Zhang^1,2,3, Ning Zhuo^1,2,3, Shenqiang Zhai^1,2,3, Lijun Wang^1,2,3, Shuman Liu^1,2,3, Fengqi Liu^1,2,3, Zhanguo Wang^1,2,3, Xiaohua Wang^1,2,4、*, and Zhipeng Wei^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Lasers, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China

²Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

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

⁴e-mail: biewang2001@126.com

⁵e-mail: jqliu@semi.ac.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: May. 14, 2019

Accepted: Aug. 27, 2019

Published Online: Oct. 23, 2019

The Author Email: Junqi Liu (jqliu@semi.ac.cn), Xiaohua Wang (biewang2001@126.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001244

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