High-Power Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 8 μm: Technology and Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Estimation and Methods
3. Experimental Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Composition | Thickness, nm | Doping, cm | |
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Type A | |||
Contact Layer | InP | 20 | 1 × 10 |
Upper Cladding | InP | 4000 | 1 × 10 |
Type B | |||
Contact Layer | InGaAs | 20 | 1 × 10 |
Upper Cladding (2) | InP | 2000 | gradient 1 × 10–1 × 10 |
Upper Cladding (1) | InP | 2000 | 1 × 10 |
Type C | |||
Contact Layer | InGaAs | 20 | 1 × 10 |
Upper Cladding | InP | 4000 | 1 × 10 |
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Cherotchenko, E.; Dudelev, V.; Mikhailov, D.; Savchenko, G.; Chistyakov, D.; Losev, S.; Babichev, A.; Gladyshev, A.; Novikov, I.; Lutetskiy, A.; et al. High-Power Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 8 μm: Technology and Analysis. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 3971. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12223971
Cherotchenko E, Dudelev V, Mikhailov D, Savchenko G, Chistyakov D, Losev S, Babichev A, Gladyshev A, Novikov I, Lutetskiy A, et al. High-Power Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 8 μm: Technology and Analysis. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(22):3971. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12223971
Chicago/Turabian StyleCherotchenko, Evgeniia, Vladislav Dudelev, Dmitry Mikhailov, Grigorii Savchenko, Dmitriy Chistyakov, Sergey Losev, Andrey Babichev, Andrey Gladyshev, Innokentiy Novikov, Andrey Lutetskiy, and et al. 2022. "High-Power Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 8 μm: Technology and Analysis" Nanomaterials 12, no. 22: 3971. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12223971