Beam characteristics of Mid-IR quantum cascade lasers

Kannan Krishnaswami, Bruce Bernacki, Bret Cannon, Mark Phillips, Nicolas Hô, Paul Allen, Norman Anheier

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Abstract

We report divergence, astigmatism and M2 measurements for 8.77μm quantum cascade lasers. Measurements showed divergence of 62° by 32° FWHM ± 2° and M2 values of 1.81 and 1.22 for the fast and slow axes respectively. Astigmatism at source was ~4μm, less than half a wave.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhotonic Applications Systems Technologies Conference, PhAST 2007
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Print)1557528349, 9781557528346
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventPhotonic Applications Systems Technologies Conference, PhAST 2007 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: May 8 2007May 8 2007

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherPhotonic Applications Systems Technologies Conference, PhAST 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period5/8/075/8/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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