Ultrafast switch-on dynamics of frequency-tuneable semiconductor lasers

Single-mode, tuneable monolithic semiconductor lasers are important light sources for integrated photonics. Here, Kundu et al. observe the switch-on dynamics and mode competition of a terahertz quantum cascade laser and explain the behaviour with a carrier and photon transport model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iman Kundu, Feihu Wang, Xiaoqiong Qi, Hanond Nong, Paul Dean, Joshua R. Freeman, Alexander Valavanis, Gary Agnew, Andrew T. Grier, Thomas Taimre, Lianhe Li, Dragan Indjin, Juliette Mangeney, Jérôme Tignon, Sukhdeep S. Dhillon, Aleksandar D. Rakić, John E. Cunningham, Edmund H. Linfield, A. Giles Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05601-x