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Continuous wave operation of buried heterostructure 4.6 µm quantum cascade laser Y-junctions and tree arrays.

Abstract

Room-temperature continuous-wave operation for buried heterostructure 4.6 µm quantum cascade laser Y-junctions and tree arrays, overgrown using hydride vapor phase epitaxy, has been demonstrated. Pulsed wall plug efficiency for the Y-junctions with bending radius of 5mm was measured to be very similar to that of single-emitter lasers from the same material, indicating low coupling losses. Comparison between model and experimental data showed that the in-phase mode was dominating for 10mm-long Y-junctions with 5 µm-wide 1mm-long stem and 5 µm-wide branches. Total optical power over 1.5 W was demonstrated for four-branch QCL tree array.

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