Nonlinear Photonics in Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-65878-0 (ISBN)
This thesis presents the first comprehensive analysis of quantum cascade laser nonlinear dynamics and includes the first observation of a temporal chaotic behavior in quantum cascade lasers. It also provides the first analysis of optical instabilities in the mid-infrared range.
Mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers are unipolar semiconductor lasers, which have become widely used in applications such as gas spectroscopy, free-space communications or optical countermeasures. Applying external perturbations such as optical feedback or optical injection leads to a strong modification of the quantum cascade laser properties. Optical feedback impacts the static properties of mid-infrared Fabry-Perot and distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers, inducing power increase; threshold reduction; modification of the optical spectrum, which can become either single- or multimode; and enhanced beam quality in broad-area transverse multimode lasers. It also leads to a different dynamical behavior, and a quantum cascade laser subject to optical feedback can oscillate periodically or even become chaotic. A quantum cascade laser under external control could therefore be a source with enhanced properties for the usual mid-infrared applications, but could also address new applications such as tunable photonic oscillators, extreme events generators, chaotic Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), chaos-based secured communications or unpredictable countermeasures.Louise Jumpertz graduated from Institut d'Optique Graduate School (France) in 2013 with an Engineering degree and a Master of research in optics. She graduated with a PhD in Electronics and Communications from Telecom ParisTech (France) in collaboration with the company mirSense in November 2016. She is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis. Her research interests are laser physics at various wavelengths (visible, near- and mid-infrared) and nonlinear optics.
Introduction.- Quantum Cascade Lasers: Performant Mid-infrared Sources.- Optical Feedback in Interband Lasers.- Impact of Optical Feedback on Quantum Cascade Lasers.- Beam Shaping in Broad-Area Quantum Cascade Lasers Using Optical Feedback.- Impact of Optical Injection on Quantum Cascade Lasers.- Conclusions and Perspectives.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.09.2017 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Springer Theses |
| Zusatzinfo | XXIII, 134 p. 100 illus., 6 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 409 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| Schlagworte | Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theor • Applied Optics • Broad-area Laser • Chaotic Behaviour in Laser • dynamics & statics • Dynamics & statics • electronic devices & materials • Electronic devices & materials • Linewidth Enhancement Factor • Nonlinear Science • Optical Feedback • Optical Injection • optical physics • Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • Quantum Cascade Laser • Self-mixing Interferometry • semiconductors |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-65878-6 / 3319658786 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-65878-0 / 9783319658780 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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