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Electrically-driven pure amplitude and frequency modulation in a quantum cascade laser

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Matthey, Renaud
Blaser, Stéphane
Gresch, Tobias
Maulini, Richard
Muller, Antoine
Schilt, Stéphane
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Optics Express, Optical Society of America, 2018/26/9/12306-12317
Résumé
We present pure amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) achieved electrically in a quantum cascade laser (QCL) equipped with an integrated resistive heater (IH). The QCL output power scales linearly with the current applied to the active region (AR), but decreases with the IH current, while the emission frequency decreases with both currents. Hence, a simultaneous modulation applied to the current of the AR and IH sections with a proper relative amplitude and phase can suppress the AM, resulting in a pure FM, or vice-versa. The adequate modulation parameters depend on the applied modulation frequency. Therefore, they were first determined from the individual measurements of the AM and FM transfer functions obtained for a modulation applied to the current of the AR or IH section, respectively. By optimizing the parameters of the two modulations, we demonstrate a reduction of the spurious AM or FM by almost two orders of magnitude at characteristic frequencies of 1 and 10 kHz compared to the use of the AR current only.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.012306
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