High-frequency modulation without the relaxation oscillation resonance in quantum cascade lasers

Roberto Paiella; Rainer Martini; Federico Capasso; Claire Gmachl; Harold Y. Hwang; Deborah L. Sivco; James N. Baillargeon; Alfred Y. Cho; Edward A. Whittaker; H. C. Liu

doi:10.1063/1.1411982

High-frequency modulation without the relaxation oscillation resonance in quantum cascade lasers

Roberto Paiella, Rainer Martini, Federico Capasso, Claire Gmachl, Harold Y. Hwang, Deborah L. Sivco, James N. Baillargeon, Alfred Y. Cho, Edward A. Whittaker, H. C. Liu

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Abstract

Quantum cascade (QC) lasers, based on intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum wells, are characterized by ultrafast (picosecond) carrier lifetimes. An important consequence of this unique property is the expected absence of relaxation oscillations in the transient response of these devices. Here, we discuss and experimentally verify this prediction by measuring the modulation response of several 8-μm-QC lasers, properly processed and packaged for high-speed operation, up to 10 GHz.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2526-2528
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	79
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1411982
State	Published - Oct 15 2001
Externally published	Yes

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High-frequency modulation without the relaxation oscillation resonance in quantum cascade lasers

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