High-Temperature Operating Narrow-Period Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Designs

Presently, terahertz quantum cascade lasers still suffer from operations below room temperature, which prohibits extensive applications in terahertz spectra. The past continuous contributions to improving the operating temperatures were by clarifying the main thermal degradation process and proposin...

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Autores principales: Wang, Li, Hirayama, Hideki
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: IntechOpen 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/84415
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Sumario:Presently, terahertz quantum cascade lasers still suffer from operations below room temperature, which prohibits extensive applications in terahertz spectra. The past continuous contributions to improving the operating temperatures were by clarifying the main thermal degradation process and proposing different designs with the optical gain demonstrating higher temperature cut-offs. Recent designs have attempted to employ a narrow period length with a simplified and clean state system, and reach renewed operating temperatures above 200 K. This study reveals how historic designs approach such narrow-period designs, discus the limitations within those designs, and show further possible designs for higher operating temperatures.
ISBN:978-1-80356-560-6
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.108317