The Effect of Active Region Heating on Dynamic and Power Characteristics of Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at a Wavelength of 4.8 µm at Room Temperature


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Abstract

Results of studying stripe quantum cascade lasers emitting at room temperature in the spectral range of 4.8 µm are presented. Power characteristics and turn-on dynamics of the lasers upon pulse pumping are studied. The performed investigations demonstrate the presence of a significant heating of the active region during the pump pulse.

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V. V. Dudelev

Ioffe Institute

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

V. V. Mamutin

Ioffe Institute

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

D. V. Chistyakov

ITMO University

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197101

E. A. Kognovitskaya

Ioffe Institute; St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University LETI

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 197022

V. I. Kuchinskii

Ioffe Institute

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

N. A. Maleev

Ioffe Institute

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

A. P. Vasil’ev

Ioffe Institute; Submicron Heterostructures for Microelectronics, Research & Engineering Center,
Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 194021

A. G. Kuz’menkov

Ioffe Institute; Submicron Heterostructures for Microelectronics, Research & Engineering Center,
Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 194021

V. M. Ustinov

St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University LETI; Submicron Heterostructures for Microelectronics, Research & Engineering Center,
Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197022; St. Petersburg, 194021

G. S. Sokolovskii

Ioffe Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: gs@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

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