Single-mode surface-plasmon laser

Alessandro Tredicucci; Claire Gmachl; Federico Capasso; Albert L. Hutchinson; Deborah L. Sivco; Alfred Y. Cho

doi:10.1063/1.126183

Single-mode surface-plasmon laser

Alessandro Tredicucci, Claire Gmachl, Federico Capasso, Albert L. Hutchinson, Deborah L. Sivco, Alfred Y. Cho

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Surface-plasmon modes confined at the interface between a metal and a semiconductor are exploited in place of conventional dielectric waveguides for the realization of a λ ∼ 17 μm semiconductor laser. The device is based on the quantum cascade concept and outperforms with its 38 mW of peak output power and 240 K of maximum operating temperature any previous semiconductor laser of comparable wavelength. Pure single-wavelength emission with a tuning rate of ∼1 nm/K is achieved using Bragg reflection from a two-metal grating that modulates the skin depth of the surface plasmons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2164-2166
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	76
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126183
State	Published - Apr 17 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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