Recent progress of quantum cascade laser research from 3 to 12 μm at the Center for Quantum Devices

M Razeghi, W Zhou, S Slivken, QY Lu, D Wu… - Applied …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The quantum cascade laser (QCL) is becoming the leading laser source in the mid-infrared
(mid-IR) range, which contains two atmospheric transmission windows and many molecular …

Quantum cascade lasers: from tool to product

M Razeghi, QY Lu, N Bandyopadhyay, W Zhou… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The quantum cascade laser (QCL) is an important laser source in the mid-infrared and
terahertz frequency range. The past twenty years have witnessed its tremendous …

Exhaled breath analysis: physical methods, instruments, and medical diagnostics

VL Vaks, EG Domracheva, EA Sobakinskaya… - Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the analysis of exhaled breath, a rapidly growing field in noninvasive
medical diagnostics that lies at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and medicine. Current …

Quantum cascade disk and ring lasers

S Kacmoli, CF Gmachl - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are a prominent semiconductor laser source operating in
the mid-infrared and terahertz regimes. As is typical with semiconductor lasers, QCLs …

Sampled grating, distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers with broad tunability and continuous operation at room temperature

S Slivken, N Bandyopadhyay, S Tsao, S Nida… - Applied physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
A dual-section, single-mode quantum cascade laser is demonstrated in continuous wave at
room temperature with up to 114 nm (50 cm− 1) of tuning near a wavelength of 4.8 μm …

Aspects of the application of cavity enhanced spectroscopy to nitrogen oxides detection

J Wojtas, J Mikolajczyk, Z Bielecki - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
This article presents design issues of high-sensitive laser absorption spectroscopy systems
for nitrogen oxides (NOx) detection. Examples of our systems and their investigation results …

Mid-infrared surface transmitting and detecting quantum cascade device for gas-sensing

A Harrer, R Szedlak, B Schwarz, H Moser… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We present a bi-functional surface emitting and surface detecting mid-infrared device
applicable for gas-sensing. A distributed feedback ring quantum cascade laser is …

High-power, surface-emitting quantum cascade laser operating in a symmetric grating mode

C Boyle, C Sigler, JD Kirch, DF Lindberg… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Grating-coupled surface-emitting (GCSE) lasers generally operate with a double-lobed far-
field beam pattern along the cavity-length direction, which is a result of lasing being favored …

Continuous-wave operation of microcavity quantum cascade lasers in whispering-gallery mode

Q Guo, J Zhang, C Ning, N Zhuo, S Zhai, J Liu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microresonator-based lasers are key light sources in photonic integrated circuits for future
optical communication. Recently developed on-chip sensing makes microcavity lasers at …

[HTML][HTML] High power, low divergent, substrate emitting quantum cascade ring laser in continuous wave operation

DH Wu, M Razeghi - APL Materials, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a surface grating coupled substrate emitting quantum cascade ring laser
with high power room temperature continuous wave operation at 4.64 μ m⁠. A second order …