Gratings with an aperiodic basis: single-mode emission in multi-wavelength lasers

We propose a new class of gratings having multiple spatial frequencies. Their design relies on the use of small aperiodic grating sequences as unit cells whose repetition forms a superlattice. The superlattice provides well-defined Fourier components, while the choice of the unit cell structure enab...

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Main Authors: Blanchard, R. (Author), Menzel, S. (Author), Pflugl, C. (Author), Diehl, L. (Author), Wang, Christine A. (Contributor), Huang, Y. (Author), Ryou, J.-H (Author), Dupuis, R. D. (Author), Negro, L. Dal (Author), Capasso, Federico (Author)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2012-05-09T15:39:24Z.
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700 1 0 |a Diehl, L.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Wang, Christine A.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Huang, Y.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Ryou, J.-H.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Dupuis, R. D.  |e author 
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520 |a We propose a new class of gratings having multiple spatial frequencies. Their design relies on the use of small aperiodic grating sequences as unit cells whose repetition forms a superlattice. The superlattice provides well-defined Fourier components, while the choice of the unit cell structure enables the selection, modulation or suppression of certain Fourier components. Using these gratings to provide distributed feedback in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers, we demonstrate simultaneous lasing on multiple well-defined and isolated longitudinal modes, each one having a sidemode suppression ratio of about 20 dB. 
520 |a United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (MURI 67N-1069926) 
520 |a Harvard University (Nanoscale Systems and Engineering Center) 
520 |a United States. Air Force ('Deterministic Aperiodic Structures for Onchip Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Device Applications' under award no. FA9550-10-1- 0019) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF CAREER Award ECCS-0846651) 
520 |a Georgia Institute of Technology (Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair of OptoElectronics) 
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773 |t New Journal of Physics