Low-threshold 7.3 μm quantum cascade lasers grown by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy
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We report low-threshold 7.3 μm superlattice-based quantum cascade lasers. The threshold current density is 3.4 kA/cm2 at 300 K and 1.25 kA/cm2 at 79 K in pulsed mode for narrow (∼20 μm), 2-mm-long laser diodes. The characteristic temperature (T0) is 210 K. The slope efficiencies are 153 and 650 mW/A at 300 and 100 K, respectively. Power output is in excess of 100 mW at 300 K. Laser far-field intensity measurements give divergence angles of 64° and 29° in the growth direction and in the plane of the quantum wells, respectively. Far-field simulations show excellent agreement with the measured results.
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