Widely Tunable Single-Mode Interband Cascade Lasers

宽范围可调谐单模带间级联激光器

• 批准号: 1931193
• 负责人: Rui Yang
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1931193&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Widely; Tunable; Single; Mode; Interband

Non-Technical Description: Semiconductor infrared lasers with widely tunable emission wavelength are critically needed for a wide range of applications such as environmental and chemical-warfare monitoring, detection of pipe leaks and explosives, food safety, medical diagnostics, and industrial process control. This project combines novel optical structures and customized semiconductor materials to demonstrate and develop the much-needed semiconductor lasers. The objectives of the project also include advancement in the understanding and knowledge of how infrared light interacts with the new optical structures as the injecting current is adjusted to tune the wavelength. The project offers graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Oklahoma unique opportunities to pursue education, training and research in multidisciplinary topics (materials science, quantum engineering, photonics, and device fabrication). This project also enhances Oklahoma's infrastructure for science and technology development and increases the opportunities of students from under-represented groups. Technical Description: Many applications require widely tunable single-mode mid-infrared semiconductor lasers that can operate continuously with low power consumption at room temperature. By monolithically integrating a novel half-wave V-coupled cavity, the proposed interband cascade lasers will have a single-mode emission with a high side-mode suppression ratio (30 dB) without conventional distributed feedback gratings. This configuration also enables the lasers to have a wide tuning range ( 30 nm). Additionally, through innovation of the waveguide structure, these lasers will have enhanced optical confinement, improved thermal dissipation, and reduced strain accumulation. These widely tunable single-mode mid-infrared lasers will significantly benefit many useful applications, especially where mid-infrared systems must be operated with batteries and energy cost/availability is a concern, including space applications with strict constraints on size and electric power. The availability of these lasers will greatly enhance the capabilities of mid-infrared laser instruments and their applications in many areas. This project not only advances the understanding and knowledge of optical science, it also generates new knowledge in the design of quantum-engineered structures and broadens their applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：具有宽范围可调谐发射波长的半导体红外激光器在诸如环境和化学战监测、管道泄漏和爆炸物检测、食品安全、医疗诊断和工业过程控制等广泛的应用中是迫切需要的。 该项目结合了新颖的光学结构和定制的半导体材料，以展示和开发急需的半导体激光器。该项目的目标还包括提高对红外光如何与新光学结构相互作用的理解和知识，因为注入电流被调整以调谐波长。 该项目为俄克拉荷马州大学的研究生和本科生提供了独特的机会，可以在多学科主题（材料科学，量子工程，光子学和设备制造）中进行教育，培训和研究。 该项目还加强了俄克拉荷马州的科学和技术发展基础设施，并增加了来自代表性不足群体的学生的机会。 技术说明：许多应用需要宽调谐单模中红外半导体激光器，可以在室温下连续工作，低功耗。通过单片集成一种新型的半波V型耦合腔，所提出的带间级联激光器将具有高的边模抑制比（30 dB）的单模发射，而无需传统的分布反馈光栅。这种配置还使激光器具有宽调谐范围（30 nm）。此外，通过波导结构的创新，这些激光器将具有增强的光学约束、改善的热耗散和减少的应变积累。 这些可广泛调谐的单模中红外激光器将显著有益于许多有用的应用，特别是在中红外系统必须使用电池操作并且能源成本/可用性是一个问题的情况下，包括对尺寸和电力有严格限制的空间应用。 这些激光器的可用性将大大提高中红外激光仪器的能力及其在许多领域的应用。 该项目不仅促进了对光学科学的理解和知识，还产生了量子工程结构设计的新知识，并拓宽了其应用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Long wavelength interband cascade lasers

• DOI: 10.1063/5.0084565
• 发表时间: 2022-02
• 期刊: Applied Physics Letters
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: J. Massengale;Yixuan Shen;Rui Q. Yang;S. Hawkins;J. Klem

GaSb-based interband cascade lasers with advanced waveguides operating near 3.3 and 3.4 μm

具有先进波导的 GaSb 基带间级联激光器，工作波长接近 3.3 和 3.4 μm

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XXII
• 作者: Jeremy A. Massengale, Yixuan Shen

Quasi-continuous wavelength tuning of single-mode interband cascade lasers based on V-coupled cavity

基于V耦合腔的单模带间级联激光器准连续波长调谐

• DOI: 10.1117/12.2575270
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Semiconductor Lasers and Applications X
• 作者: Jingli, Gong;Yang, Hanting;Yang, Rui Q.;He, Jian-Jun
• 通讯作者: He, Jian-Jun

Examination of the Durability of Interband Cascade Lasers Against Structural Variations

检查带间级联激光器对结构变化的耐久性

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Hongwai yu haomibo xuebao
• 作者: Lin, Y;Massengale, J.A;Huang, W;Yang, R.Q;Mishima, T.D;Santos, M.B
• 通讯作者: Santos, M.B

Single-Mode Tunable Interband Cascade Laser Emitting at 3.4 μm With a Wide Tuning Range Over 100 nm

单模可调谐带间级联激光器，发射波长为 3.4 μm，调谐范围超过 100 nm

• DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2023.3241118
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Gong, Jingli;Yang, Rui Q.;Wang, Zhanyi;He, Jian-Jun
• 通讯作者: He, Jian-Jun