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    IV-VI Compound Semiconductor Mid-Infrared Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers Grown by MBE

    Mid-infrared vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) using PbSe as the active material and broadband high reflectivity Pb1−xSrxSe/BaF 2 distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) as bottom and top mirrors were g...

    Z. Shi, G. Xu, P. J. McCann, X. M. Fang, N. Dai in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2000)

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    High-Temperature W Diode Lasers Emitting at 3.3µm

    W lasers based on type-II antimonides were recently operated nearly to room temperature under the conditions of cw optical pum**. However, the development of electrically pumped mid-infrared lasers has not y...

    L. J. Olafsen, W. W. Bewley, I. Vurgaftman, C. L. Felix in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2000)

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    Low threshold 3 μm interband cascade “W” laser

    We have demonstrated the operation at λ ≈ 3.0 μm of a 22-stage interband cascade laser with a “W” active region for enhanced gain. The threshold current density for a ridge structure is 170 A/cm2 at 80K, and it r...

    C. L. Felix, W. W. Bewley, E. H. Aifer, I. Vurgaftman in Journal of Electronic Materials (1998)

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    Phase-Matched Second-Harmonic and Cascade Laser Mid-IR Sources

    High-power mid-IR coherent light sources operating either at ambient or thermoelectric cooler temperatures are required for numerous applications such as IR countermeasures and communications, remote chemical ...

    J. R. Meyer, I. Vurgaftman, L. J. Olafsen in Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells:… (1998)

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    MID-IR Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

    An optically pumped mid-infrared vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser based on an active region with a “W” configuration of type-II antimonide quantum wells is reported. The emission wavelength of 2.9 μm has...

    I. Vurgaftman, W. W. Bewley, C. L. Felix, E. H. Aifer in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1997)

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    Nearly room-temperature type-II quantum-well lasers at 3–4 μm

    We report optically pumped four-constituent InAs/InGaSb/InAs/AlSb type-II quantum-well lasers emitting at 3.2–4.1 μm. Lasing was observed up to 350K under pulsed operation, with a characteristic temperature T0 up...

    Chih-Hsiang Lin, P. C. Chang, S. J. Murry, D. Zhang in Journal of Electronic Materials (1997)

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    IR Sources and Modulators Based on InAs/GaSb/AlSb-Family Quantum Wells

    We review recent applications of wavefunction engineering to the design of antimonide quantum heterostructures with favorable properties for infrared devices. Examples include electro-optical and all-optical modu...

    J. R. Meyer, C. L. Felix, J. I. Malin, I. Vurgaftman in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1996)