Surface emitting ring quantum cascade lasers for chemical sensing

Rolf Szedlak; Jakob Hayden; Pedro Martín-Mateos; Martin Holzbauer; Andreas Harrer; Benedikt Schwarz; Borislav Hinkov; Donald MacFarland; Tobias Zederbauer; Hermann Detz; Aaron Maxwell Andrews; Werner Schrenk; Pablo Acedo; Bernhard Lendl; Gottfried Strasser

doi:10.1117/1.OE.57.1.011005

1 September 2017 Surface emitting ring quantum cascade lasers for chemical sensing

Rolf Szedlak, Jakob Hayden, Pedro Martín-Mateos, Martin Holzbauer, Andreas Harrer, Benedikt Schwarz, Borislav Hinkov, Donald MacFarland, Tobias Zederbauer, Hermann Detz, Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Werner Schrenk, Pablo Acedo, Bernhard Lendl, Gottfried Strasser

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 57, Issue 1, 011005 (September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.1.011005

Abstract

We review recent advances in chemical sensing applications based on surface emitting ring quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). Such lasers can be implemented in monolithically integrated on-chip laser/detector devices forming compact gas sensors, which are based on direct absorption spectroscopy according to the Beer–Lambert law. Furthermore, we present experimental results on radio frequency modulation up to 150 MHz of surface emitting ring QCLs. This technique provides detailed insight into the modulation characteristics of such lasers. The gained knowledge facilitates the utilization of ring QCLs in combination with spectroscopic techniques, such as heterodyne phase-sensitive dispersion spectroscopy for gas detection and analysis.

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Rolf Szedlak, Jakob Hayden, Pedro Martín-Mateos, Martin Holzbauer, Andreas Harrer, Benedikt Schwarz, Borislav Hinkov, Donald MacFarland, Tobias Zederbauer, Hermann Detz, Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Werner Schrenk, Pablo Acedo, Bernhard Lendl, and Gottfried Strasser "Surface emitting ring quantum cascade lasers for chemical sensing," Optical Engineering 57(1), 011005 (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.1.011005

Received: 2 June 2017; Accepted: 9 August 2017; Published: 1 September 2017

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