Surface emitting quantum-cascade lasers with a second-order grating and increased coupling coefficient

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The results of studying the characteristics of surface-emitting quantum-cascade ring lasers with a second-order grating are presented. The selection of etching receipt by ion beam lithography made it possible to increase the coupling coefficient to 12 cm–1. Lasing close to 7.6 μm with a low threshold current density (about 0.3 kA/cm2) is demonstrated.

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A. V. Babichev

ITMO University

Author for correspondence.
Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg

N. A. Pikhtin

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

I. I. Novikov

ITMO University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg

L. Ya. Karachinsky

ITMO University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg

V. P. Evtikhiev

ITMO University; Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg; Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

A. V. Lyutetskii

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

S. O. Slipchenko

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

M. I. Mitrofanov

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Submicron Heterostructures for Microelectronics Research & Engineering Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg; Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

G. V. Voznyuk

ITMO University; Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg; Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

V. Yu. Panevin

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 195251, Saint Petersburg

A. D. Petruk

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 195251, Saint Petersburg

N. Yu. Kharin

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 195251, Saint Petersburg

A. G. Gladyshev

ITMO University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg

E. S. Kolodeznyi

ITMO University

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 197101, Saint Petersburg

A. Yu. Egorov

Alferov Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.babichev@itmo.ru
Russia, 194021, Saint Petersburg

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