Split-well direct-phonon terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Asaf Albo, Yuri V. Flores, Qing Hu, John L. Reno

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Abstract

We present a so-called "split-well direct-phonon" active region design for terahertz quantum cascade lasers (THz-QCLs). Lasers based on this scheme profit from both elimination of high-lying parasitic bound states and resonant-depopulation of the lower laser level. Negative differential resistance is observed at room temperature, which indicates that each module behaves as a clean 3-level system. We further use this design to investigate the impact of temperature on the dephasing time of GaAs/AlGaAs THz-QCLs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number191102
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume114
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 May 2019
Externally publishedYes

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