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DE69700103D1 - Quantum Cascade Laser - Google Patents

Quantum Cascade Laser

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DE69700103D1
DE69700103D1 DE69700103T DE69700103T DE69700103D1 DE 69700103 D1 DE69700103 D1 DE 69700103D1 DE 69700103 T DE69700103 T DE 69700103T DE 69700103 T DE69700103 T DE 69700103T DE 69700103 D1 DE69700103 D1 DE 69700103D1
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Prior art keywords
quantum cascade
cascade laser
laser
quantum
cascade
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Expired - Lifetime
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DE69700103T
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DE69700103T2 (de
Inventor
Federico Capasso
Jerome Faist
Alfred Yi Cho
Albert Lee Hutchinson
Gaetano Scamarcio
Carlo Sirtori
Deborah Lee Sivco
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Nokia of America Corp
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Lucent Technologies Inc
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Priority claimed from US08/744,292 external-priority patent/US5745516A/en
Priority claimed from US08/841,059 external-priority patent/US5936989A/en
Application filed by Lucent Technologies Inc filed Critical Lucent Technologies Inc
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Publication of DE69700103D1 publication Critical patent/DE69700103D1/de
Publication of DE69700103T2 publication Critical patent/DE69700103T2/de
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82YSPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/30Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/34Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
    • H01S5/3401Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers having no PN junction, e.g. unipolar lasers, intersubband lasers, quantum cascade lasers
    • H01S5/3402Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers having no PN junction, e.g. unipolar lasers, intersubband lasers, quantum cascade lasers intersubband lasers, e.g. transitions within the conduction or valence bands
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/30Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/34Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
    • H01S5/343Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser, InP-based laser
    • H01S5/34306Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser, InP-based laser emitting light at a wavelength longer than 1000nm, e.g. InP based 1300 and 1500nm lasers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/30Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/34Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
    • H01S5/343Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser, InP-based laser
    • H01S5/34313Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser, InP-based laser with a well layer having only As as V-compound, e.g. AlGaAs, InGaAs

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
DE1997600103 1996-11-06 1997-10-28 Quantum Cascade Laser Expired - Lifetime DE69700103T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/744,292 US5745516A (en) 1996-11-06 1996-11-06 Article comprising a unipolar superlattice laser
US08/841,059 US5936989A (en) 1997-04-29 1997-04-29 Quantum cascade laser

Publications (2)

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DE69700103D1 true DE69700103D1 (de) 1999-03-11
DE69700103T2 DE69700103T2 (de) 1999-07-15

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JP (1) JP3159946B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69700103T2 (de)

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US6137817A (en) * 1998-06-12 2000-10-24 Lucent Technologies Inc. Quantum cascade laser
US6055254A (en) * 1998-09-23 2000-04-25 Lucent Technologies Inc. Quantum cascade light emitter with pre-biased internal electronic potential
US6148012A (en) * 1998-10-21 2000-11-14 Lucent Technologies Inc. Multiple wavelength quantum cascade light source
DE10061234C2 (de) * 2000-12-08 2003-01-16 Paul Drude Inst Fuer Festkoerp Unipolarer Halbleiterlaser ohne Injektionsschichten
DE10119618A1 (de) * 2001-04-21 2002-10-24 Univ Konstanz Optischer Mikro-Gassensor
JP4576086B2 (ja) * 2001-05-23 2010-11-04 明広 石田 光機能性化合物半導体超格子構造物の製造方法および光機能性多層体の製造方法
US7359418B2 (en) 2003-02-13 2008-04-15 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Quantum cascade laser
US7558305B2 (en) * 2003-12-31 2009-07-07 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Intersubband mid-infrared electroluminescent semiconductor devices
JP2006310784A (ja) * 2005-03-28 2006-11-09 National Institute Of Information & Communication Technology 量子カスケードレーザ
JP5641667B2 (ja) 2007-01-18 2014-12-17 浜松ホトニクス株式会社 量子カスケードレーザ
JP5523759B2 (ja) * 2009-07-31 2014-06-18 浜松ホトニクス株式会社 量子カスケードレーザ

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DE69700103T2 (de) 1999-07-15
EP0841731B1 (de) 1999-01-20
JP3159946B2 (ja) 2001-04-23
EP0841731A1 (de) 1998-05-13
JPH10144995A (ja) 1998-05-29

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