Tuning properties of mid-infrared Fabry-Pérot quantum cascade lasers for multiheterodyne spectroscopy

Authors

  • Lukasz Antoni Sterczewski Princeton University, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
  • Jonas Westberg Princeton University
  • Gerard Wysocki Princeton University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v8i4.693

Abstract

Injection current tuning properties of an 8.5 um Fabry-Pérot mid-infrared quantum cascade laser are evaluated by analyzing the mode-by-mode frequency tuning behavior with an identification of high-noise regimes in a delayed self-heterodyne experiment. We find that modes on the edges of the spectral envelope exhibit anomalous tuning coefficients compared to those in the center. Furthermore, the frequencies of individual modes are susceptible to parasitic etalons, likely causing laser frequency pulling. Despite the complicated tuning behavior, low phase-noise operating regimes exist, and are compatible with high resolution multiheterodyne spectroscopy of gases.

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Author Biographies

Lukasz Antoni Sterczewski, Princeton University, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Graduate Student,

Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electronics

Jonas Westberg, Princeton University

Post-doc,

Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering

Gerard Wysocki, Princeton University

Associate Professor,

Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering

 

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Published

2016-12-31

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L. A. Sterczewski, J. Westberg, and G. Wysocki, “Tuning properties of mid-infrared Fabry-Pérot quantum cascade lasers for multiheterodyne spectroscopy”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 8, no. 4, pp. pp. 113–115, Dec. 2016.

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