Room temperature type-II interband cascade laser

Rui Q. Yang, John L. Bradshaw, John D. Bruno, John T. Pham, D. E. Wortman, Richard L. Tober

Applied Physics Letters · 2002 · 51 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A mid-IR (3.3–3.5 μm) type-II interband cascade laser has been demonstrated at temperatures up to 300 K in pulsed mode and 150 K in cw mode. Threshold current densities as low as 13.2 A/cm2 and power efficiencies as large as 17% have been achieved under cw conditions at 80 K.

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