Stimulating polarization switching dynamics in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers
A unique feature of quantum cascade lasers relies on the ultrafast carrier relaxation lifetime that occurs on a picosecond time scale. Furthermore, the very sharp electronic transitions among the conduction-band states (subbands) lead to specific selection rules, which in theory exclude the TE-polar...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics Optical physics, 2021-08, Vol.38 (8), p.B35 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A unique feature of quantum cascade lasers relies on the ultrafast carrier relaxation lifetime that occurs on a picosecond time scale. Furthermore, the very sharp electronic transitions among the conduction-band states (subbands) lead to specific selection rules, which in theory exclude the TE-polarized light emission. Under cross-polarization reinjection, we stimulate the polarization switching dynamics in such an intersubband device. The mid-infrared modulation signal is phase-shifted between the TM mode and the TE mode, with a typical microsecond time scale different from pure time-delay dynamics. We also prove that both the frequency and the duty cycle of the modulated pattern can be slightly tuned by varying the characteristics of the reinjected light. These results reveal the possibility of favoring the TE polarization in a quantum cascade laser and generating a square-wave modulation with cross-polarization reinjection. |
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ISSN: | 0740-3224 1520-8540 |
DOI: | 10.1364/JOSAB.425097 |