Room-temperature operation of 3.6 μm In0.53Ga 0.47As/Al0.48In0.52 As quantum cascade laser sources based on intracavity second harmonic generation

  • M. Jang
  • , R. W. Adams
  • , J. X. Chen
  • , W. O. Charles
  • , C. Gmachl
  • , L. W. Cheng
  • , F. S. Choa
  • , M. A. Belkin

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Abstract

We discuss a design of short-wavelength quantum cascade laser sources based on intracavity second harmonic generation. A passive heterostructure tailored for giant optical nonlinearity is integrated on top of an active region and patterned for quasiphase matching. We demonstrate operation of λ≈3.6 μm lattice-matched InGaAs/AlInAs/InP sources with approximately 6 μW of second-harmonic output at room temperature and conversion efficiency of approximately 130 μW/W2. Threshold current densities of devices with a nonlinear section were similar to that of the reference lasers without the nonlinear section.

Original languageEnglish
Article number141103
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

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