In this Letter, we report the tuning of the emission wavelength of a single mode distributed feedback quantum cascade laser by modifying the mode effective refractive index using fluids. A fabrication procedure to encapsulate the devices in polymers for microfluidic delivery is also presented. The integration of microfluidics with semiconductor laser (optofluidics) is promising for new compact ...

We report gain calculations for a quantum cascade laser using a fully self-consistent quantum mechanical approach based on the theory of nonequilibrium Green functions. Both the absolute value of the gain as well as the spectral position at threshold are in excellent agreement with experimental findings for T = 77K. The gain strongly decreases with temperature.

This talk will give an overview o/the most recent results on the realization ofnew quantum cascade laser devices and the perspective oftheir innovative applicationr in the mid-infrored range o/the spectrum.

The frequency behavior of the tunnel injection quantum dot vertical cavitysurface emitting laser (TIQD-VCSEL) is investigated by using an analyticalnumericalmethod on the modulation transfer function. The function is based on therate equations and is decomposed into components related to different energy levelsinside the quantum dot and injection well. In this way, the effect of the tunnelingpr...

a quantum theory of a two and three-level laser with injected atomic coherence is developed by using a density operator method, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time. the initial atomic coherence plays an essential role. at steady state, the equation of motion for the density operator yields to exhibit laser without inversion and a phase locking but no threshold for the laser field. ...

A novel study on harmonic frequency combs emitted by quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) is presented here, demonstrating the presence of intensity correlations between twin modes characterizing emission spectra. These originate from a four-wave mixing process driven active medium's third-order nonlinearity. The such essential for engineering new generation semiconductor devices with potential becomi...