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Examples of Specific Laser SystemsGas Lasers
CO2 (9-10 m), High PowerHe:Ne (632 nm) , Ar (ion) Laser (520 nm)Excimer (UV) Lithography
Solid-State LasersNd:YAG , Ti:Sapphire (Ultrafast Revolution)
Fiber Lasers (Rare-Earth Doped Fiber Lasers)Yb3+ (5+ kW), Tm3+ , Ho3+ (2 m), Er3+ (1.5 m)
Dye Lasers
Chemical LasersCOIL (7+kW), MIRACL (>1 MW !!)
Semiconductor Lasers
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Laser Market and Applications
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wavelength
100 nm 1 m 10 m500 nm
Ultraviolet Visible Infrared
dye lasers
semiconductor lasersexcimerlasers
solid-state lasers
molecular gas lasers
atomic gas lasers
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A B
A B
A B
electronic transitions
vibrational transitions
rotational transitions
emission
VIS, UV
NIR, IR
FIR
Optical Transitions
1
2
1
2
discrete levels energy bandsOR
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Typical laser efficiencies :
Argon - ion < 0.1%CO2 laser < 20%Excimer < 20%GaAlAs (diode laser) < 40%HeNe < 0.1%Nd:YAG < 10%
powerinput electrical
poweroutput
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Gas Lasers (Examples: HeNe, Ar+, Excimer, CO2,..)
The excitation mechanism in most gas lasers is via electric discharge
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The first Gas Laser: He-Ne
Ali Javan, et al. (Bell Labs, 1962)
• The second working LASER system to be demonstrated.
• The first gas LASER to be produced.
• The first LASER to produce a continuous output beam
• The active laser medium is a gaseous mixture of He & Ne atoms, in a roughly 10:1 proportion
• The gas is enclosed in a cylindrical quartz DISCHARGE tube
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Laser Type Linear Power Density
W/m
Maximum Power
W
Power Efficiency%
He-Ne 0.1 1 0.1
Argon 1-10 50 0.1
CO2 60-80 >104 15-20
Comparison of Gas Lasers
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C. K. N. Patel, "Continuous-Wave Laser Action on Vibrational Rotational Transitions of CO2," Physics Review, Vol. 136 A, (Nov., 1964) P. 1187
CO2 Lasers (9-11 micron)
Applications (pealing peanuts to star wars)
•Industrial (cutting, welding, material processing)
•Military (range finding, targeting, remote sensing, sensor blinding, destroying …)
•Medical (cutting, skin resurfacing)
•…..
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•Transitions are between molecular vibrational-rotational levels.
C OO
Modes of vibrations:
•Symmetric stretch
•Asymmetric stretch
•Bending mode
Molecular Vibrations and Rotations
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Simple Harmonic Oscillator (Quantum Mechanics):
1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 3( , , ) ( 1/ 2) ( 1/ 2) ( 1/ 2)E n n n h n h n h n
C
OOC OOC OO
(000)
(001)
(020)
(010)
(200)
(100)
10.6 m
9.6 m
J=50
…..
J=18
….
J=1
Rotational states
Symmetric Stretch Bending Asymmetric Stretch
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(m)
P- branch
JJ-1
P(50) P(20)
001100 001020
10.410.6 9.4
R- branch
JJ+1 P- branch
JJ-1 R- branch
JJ+1
R(17) P(19)
CO2 Laser Transitions
Tuning:
diffraction grating =9-11(m)
Section 11.2 p.3
CO2:N
2:He
H.V.
CO2:N
2:He
H.V.
CO2:N
2:He
H.V.
CO2:N
2:He
H.V.
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Effect of Gas Mixtures: CO2+N2+He
C
OOC OOC OO
(000)
(001)
(020)
(010)
(200)
(100)
10.6 m
9.6 m
C
OO
C
OOC OO C OO C OOC OO C OO
(000)
(001)
(020)
(010)
(200)
(100)
10.6 m
9.6 m
(200)
(100)
(1)
N NN N
(0)
Metastable
discharge excitation
(200)
(100)
He N2
•Nitrogen helps populating the upper laser level in a discharge
•Helium helps to depopulate the lower laser level by collisions
Other possible additions to the gas mixture: CO, H2
Section 11.2 p.4
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Typical Co2:N2:He Gas Ratios Recommended by Laser Manufacturers
CO2 N2 He Laser Power Rating W
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1.5
1.5
1.35
8
6.7
2.3
17
9.3
9.3
12.5
23
3017
20
50
100
275
375
525
1000
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11.3 Gas Discharge Phenomena
+H.V.
e- e+
E/P (V/cm/torr)
1 10 100 1000
100
80
60
40
20
Per
cen
tag
e o
f to
tal
po
wer
CO2:N
2:He =1:2:3
CO2 (001) + N2 (v=1)
ionization
electronic
E/P (V/cm/torr)
1 10 100 1000
100
80
60
40
20
Per
cen
tag
e o
f to
tal
po
wer
CO2:N
2:He =1:2:3
CO2 (001) + N2 (v=1)
ionization
electronic
•Electrons emitted from cathode get accelerated by the electric field
•The energetic electrons excite the vibrational modes of the gas molecule via inelastic collisions
cathodeanode
Example:
L=1 meter and P=25 torr
Need V=25 kV for optimum operation
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11.4 Specific Types of CO2 Lasers
High Power CW Operation
DC-Discharge
•Longitudinal discharge (High Voltage: 10-100 kV)
•Pressure: 10-100 torr
•Multistage discharge tubes can be used to produce kilowatts of output power
CO2:N
2:He
IR Brewster Windows (ZnSe, NaCl , KCl)H.V.
CO2:N
2:He
IR Brewster Windows (ZnSe, NaCl , KCl)H.V.
CO2:N
2:He
RF (10KHz-100 MHz)
CO2:N
2:He
RF (10KHz-100 MHz)
RF-Discharge
•In practice waveguides are used.
•High discharge stability, high pulsing frequency (up to 100 kHz)
•Expensive RF generator and requires EMI shielding
0.2 W/cm in a waveguide laser
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Laser Hardened Materials Evaluation Laboratory (LHMEL)WP-AFB, Dayton, OHIO
Electric Discharge Coaxial Laser (EDCL)
Section 11.4 p.3
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Gas-Dynamic Lasers Basov & Oraevskii (1963)
Principle: Population inversion by rapid expansion (supersonic flow) of a super-heated gas
CO2+N2+H2
T=1000-3000 K
P=1-20 atm. Inversion region
v= 105 cm/sec.
•cw powers up to 1 MW have been obtained from gas-dynamic CO2 lasers !!
Section 11.4 p.4
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HELEX
Gas-Dynamic Lasers
Large scale 135 Kilowatt gasdynamic laser at Avco Everett Research Lab.
High Energy Laser ExperimentalGermany, 1970’s
Section 11.4 p.5
C2N2 or CO
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•Pulsed CO2 Lasers
Most Common: Transversely Excited Atmospheric (TEA) CO2 Lasers
CO2:N2:He
Pulsed H..V
•Flowing or sealed systems
•Pulsewidths from 50 ns to 300 ns
•Repetition rates: 1Hz. to 1 kHz.
•Pulse energy: 50 mJ to 10 J (amplified)
Low pressure gain cell
(for single longitudinal operation)
Section 11.4 p.6
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Section 6.5, p.4
Excimer Lasers
molecules exist only in the excited state (Excimer =Excited Dimer)
XeCl* 308 nmKrF* 248 nmArF* 193 nmF2* 156 nm
A
B
excitation
A
B*
A
B
emissionof a photon
Applications: lithography, micromachining and eye surgery
Nikolai Basov*, V. A. Danilychev and Yu. M. Popov, at the Lebedev Physical Institute
Pulsed, Typically 10-50 ns, 5-20 mJ
*Nobel Prize, Physics (1964), Shared with Townes and Prokhorov
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Excimer Lasers
Eye surgery
Lithography
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Argon Ion Laser
488 and 514 nm
Ar+
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Organic Dye Lasers
Example: Rhodamine 6G
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Solid-State Lasers
(a) Nd3+ :YAG = 1.064 m, 1.331 m
(b) Nd3+ :glass = 1.062 m (silicate glass), = 1.080 m (fused silica)
(d) Hm3+ :YAG, Tm3+ :YAG = 2.1 m
(e) Yb3+ : YAG, = 1.03-1.05 m
(f) Ti3+ :sapphire, = 0.7 - 1.1 m
(g) Fe2+ :ZnSe = 3.7 – 5.5 m
dopant
host crystal
• The lasing atoms (ions) are fixed in a solid (crystal, glass). • Solid-state lasers can operate in continuous (cw) or various pulsed modes. • The active ions are most commonly either a rare-earth or transition metal elements
Examples:
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Optical Science & Engineering
University of New MexicoThe 4f-4f transitions in Rare-Earths Ions:
Orbital Radius
En
erg
y
Orbital Radius
En
erg
y
Xe
4f
5S
6S
4f
Yb (Xe)4f136s2
Yb3+ = (Xe)4f12
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endmirror
power supply
outcoupler
lamp pump(flashlamp,arclamp,laser diodes)
laser head (reflective walls to concentrate the pump light)
Laser rod (solid host material doped with the atoms of the active medium)
coolantin
coolantout
dual elliptical reflector
laser rodlamps
Layout of early (flash-lamp or arc-lamp pumped) solid-state lasers
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Maiman’s Ruby Laser
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Example: Nd:YAG laser
groundstate
absorptionbands
700
nm
800
nm
energy is transferredto the crystal (heating)
lasing
Energy diagram of Nd3+:
Output (Nd:YAG)cw: 1000 Wpulsed: pulse energy 1 JouleQ-switched – 5-20 ns pulse durationmodelocked – 10-100 ps pulse duration
YAG: Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Y3Al5O12)
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DPSS : Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser
Similar to one used in our Optics Lab
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Diode Lasers for Pumping
High Power (Diode Bar) Fiber Coupled
• Efficient (current injection)• High power• Designer Wavelength• Poor Beam Quality• Broadband (3-5 nm)
Semiconductor lasers will be covered later in more detail
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DPSS : Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser
From laser pointers (5-10 mW) to 100W lasers
Example Nd:YVO4 (Vanadate)
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Vibronic Transitions
McCumber RelationD. E. McCumber, “Einstein relations connecting broadband emission and absorption spectra”, Phys. Rev. 136 (4A), A954 (1964),
Yb-doped germanosilicate glass
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Nobel Prizes
John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch“
“for their contribution to the development of
laser-based precision spectroscopy, including
the optical frequency comb technique” (2005)
Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland
“for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses” 2018
Ahmed H. Zewail ”for his studies of the transition
states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy” 1999 (Chemistry)
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High Power Scaling: Heat is such a nuisance!
Increase surface-to-volume ratio (fibers, disks)
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Fiber Lasers
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Fiber LasersSingle-Mode Fiber
6 µm core / 125 µm cladding
+ High Beam Quality
- Lower Power Pumping
- Expensive Pumping
Multimode Fiber50 µm core / 125 µm cladding
+ Higher Power Pumping
+ Inexpensive Pumping
- Poor Beam Quality
Optical Fiber ModesGraphics: courtesy of Colin Diehl & Jered Richter
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Example: Erbium-Doped fiber Lasers
500 1000 1500 nm
absorption
emission
pumping with diode lasersis possible
pu
mp
emission absorption
The wavelength of about 1550 nm is particularly interesting for applications in telecommunication.
EDFA: Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
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Fiber-optic Communications
wavelength (m)1.51.0
atte
nu
atio
n c
oef
fici
ent
(db
/km
)
1
0.3
Rayleighscattering
infraredabsorption
silica-glass fibers
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Fiber transmission line
signalprocessing
transmittersignal
processingreceiver
amplifier/repeater
inputsignal
6000 km
• transatlantic US - UK• 80000 simultaneous voice channels• repeaters 100 km apart
InGaAsPdiode laser
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Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber
High Power
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Yb Silica Fiber Lasers
Diode Pumped at 940-980 nm
Laser: 1020-1050 nm
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Double-Clad Fiber• Laser light propagates in single-mode core
• Pump light propagates in inner cladding
High Power Fiber Lasers
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100 kW (current record)!
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d
D
indiumpump radiation
heat sink
thin disk
laser beam
o.c. mirror
pump radiation
D
d
Output-
Couple
r
Pump-Beam
Thin Disk Lasers Yb:YAG
>10 kW CW
Requires multipass pumping
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12. Chemical Lasers
F + D2 DF* + D DF 3.5 - 4.1 m
Cl + HI HCl* + I HCl 3.5 - 4.1 m
H +Br2 HBr* + Br HBr 4.0 - 4.7 m
F + H2 HF* + H HF 3.5 - 4.1 m
- population inversion is produced by a chemical reaction
A + BC AB + C*
- electrical power supply is not needed- airborne lasers- first chemical laser: 1964
Examples:
chemical reaction:
- exothermic- generation rate must be large enough to overcome spontaneousemission and collisional relaxation
reaction active medium wavelength
I + O2* I* + O2 I 1.31 m
molecules in an excitedvibrational state
atoms in an excitedelectronic state
12.1 Introduction
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The chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL): MW CW Power !!
chemical reaction: O2(1 ) + I O2(3 ) + I*
O2(1 )
I
energy transfer
O I
O2(3 )
I*
1. generation of singlet oxygen Cl2 + H2O2 +2NaOH O2(1 ) + 2H2O + 2NaCl
2. production of excited iodine O2(1 ) + I O2(3 ) + I*
3. lasing of excited iodine
steps:
Singlet oxygen has a >40 min lifetime.
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schematic diagram of a chemical iodine laserparameters
• MW ouput power
• wavelength 1.315 micron
• pulsed and cw
atmospheric absorption
singlet oxygen
iodine
mixer supersonicnozzle
laseroutput
expandinggas (cooling)
1 2 3 4 5
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1 km propagation in atmosphere
absorp
tion
wavelength (m)wavelength (m)
abso
rpti
on
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Free Electron Laser (FEL)
𝜆𝑟 ≈𝜆𝑤 (1 +
𝐾2
2)
2𝛾2
𝛾 =1
1 − 𝛽2> 104
wiggler period
𝐾 ∝ |𝐵|
wiggler strength(often <1)
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Semiconductor Lasers
Demonstrated by 3 Groups in 1962:
• GE (Robert Hall)
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Ted Quist)
• IBM (Marshal Nathan)
GaAs
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Laser Market and Applications
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Direct-Gap vs. Indirect-Gap
E(energy)
k (momentum)
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Optical Interactions in a Direct-Gap Semiconductor
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A Brief Introduction to Semiconductors
Energy Bands
Equilibrium
Conduction band
(empty)
Valance band
(full)
Eg (bandgap energy)
Conduction band
(empty)
Valance band
(full)
Eg (bandgap energy)
Conduction band
(empty)
Valance band
(full)
Eg (bandgap energy)
1
1 exp
FD
f
fE E
kT
E
1 0
Fermi-Dirac Statistics
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm !!!???
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Nonequilibrium Electron-Hole Injection
Conduction band
Valance band
Eg
Conduction band
Valance band
Eg
104 cm-1
0
Eg
Abs
orpt
ion
or
Gai
n
0
Eg
Abs
orpt
ion
or
Gai
n
hw
Example
GaAs
Eg=1.4 eV
(g=850 nm)
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High Gain!
Example: InGaAsP
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p-n junctions
Doping with Impurities
n-type p-type
Eg
Ef
Eg
Ef
Examples: GaAs doped with Br
Si doped with P
Examples: GaAs doped with Zn
Si doped with Al
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+ V
Inversion (Gain) Layer
Forward-Biased p-n Junction (LED)
n+-GaAs p+-GaAs
d
,e h
th
r
N edJ
Current Density Threshold
Recombination time
Semiconductor junction lasers
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Edge-Emitting Homojunction Laser Diodes
•Waveguide Modes
,e h
th
r
N edJ
+v Polished
facets
p-GaAs
n-GaAs
+v Polished
facets
p-GaAs
n-GaAs
Lg100 m
Homojunction Lasers have very high current threshold mainly because.
•Electrons and holes are free to diffuse and therefore dilute the gain (no carrier confinement)
•Optical mode has poor overlap with gain (no optical confinement or guiding)
Section 12.2 p.2
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Heterojunction Lasers Diodes
holes
GaAsp+
AlGaAsn+
AlGaAs Energy
electrons
Index of Refraction
n when Eg
Carrier confinement
Mode confinement
A fortunate coincidence:
100 nm
holes
Jth=5kA/cm2, RT, Pulsed (1969) Jth=0.5 kA/cm2, RT, Pulsed (1975)
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Edge-Emitting Heterojunction Laser Diodes
Edge-Emitting Buried Heterojunction Laser Diodes
Examples:
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Schematic illustration of the the structure of a double heterojunction stripecontact laser diode
Oxide insulator
Stripe electrod e
SubstrateElectrod e
Active region where J > Jth.
(Emiss ion region)
p-GaAs (Contactin g layer)
n-GaAs (Subs trate)
p-GaAs (Active layer)
Current
paths
L
W
Cleaved reflecting surfaceEllipt ical
laser
beam
p-AlxGa
1-xAs (Confinin g layer)
n-AlxGa
1-xAs (Confinin g layer)
12 3
Cleaved reflecting surface
Subs trate
© 1999 S.O. Kasap, Optoelectronics (Prentice Hall)
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Quantum Well Lasers
p+AlGaAs
n+AlGaAs 10 nm
Multiple Quantum Well (MQW) Lasers
Epitaxial Growth
mode confinement
n+-AlGaAs
p+-AlGaAs
n-GaAs Substrate
+v
n+-AlGaAs
p+-AlGaAs
n-GaAs Substrate
n+-AlGaAs
p+-AlGaAs
n-GaAs Substrate
n+-AlGaAs
p+-AlGaAs
n-GaAs Substrate
+v+v
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Epitaxial Growth
Compound Semiconductors (Lattice Matching)
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Example: MBE
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High Power Diode Bars
•P>100 W (cw)
•Diode-pumping solid-state lasers (DPSS)
•Material Processing
•…
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Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL)
•Good mode quality couples to fiber efficiently for telecom applications
•Single mode operation
•2-D structures cam be made
•Low power
MQW (gain)
Mirror
Mirror
MQW (gain)
Mirror
Mirror
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VECSEL
Single Mode
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Laser Diodes Cover the Spectrum
AlxGa1-xN
GaN
InxGa1-xN
uv
uv (350 nm)
blue (480-400 nm) data storage, display
GaxI1-xP (x=0.5)
GaxAl1-xAs (x=0-0.45)
670 nm
620-895 nm
display
GaAs
InxGa1-xAs (x=0.2)
904 nm
980 nm
diode pumping solid-state and
fiber lasers.
InxGa1-xAsyP1-y
(x=0.73, y=0.58)
(x=0.58, y=0.9)
1100-1650
1310 nm
1550 nm
Telecom
PbSSe 4200-8000 nm cryogenic
PbSnTe 6300-29,000 nm cryogenic
Section 12.4 p.4
Compound Spectral Region Notes
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Quantum Cascade Lasers
Faist, J; Capasso, F; Sivco, DL; Sirtori, C. ; Hutchinson, Al; Cho, AY "Quantum Cascade Laser" Science 264, 553-556 (1994) Bell Labs
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Section 12.5 p.2
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•DFB QCLs in Thermoelectrically Cooled
•Center Wavelengths Between 8.00 and 10.00 µm (1250 and 1000 cm-1)
•100 mW Typical Output Power
•Custom Wavelengths, Packages, and Output Powers
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THE END !
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