title: Enhanced light output power of quantum cascade lasers from a tilted front facet.
abstract: We present a technique for enhancing the light output power of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) by tilting of the front facet, which leads to a change of the modal reflectivity, resulting in an asymmetric light intensity distribution along the laser cavity. This asymmetry provides most of the light being emitted through one facet of the laser. An experimental study of threshold current, slope efficiency and light output power as a function of the front facet angles were performed and compared to conventional QCLs. The lasers with a front facet angle of 8° shows a 20% improved power output from the front facet.
authors.affiliation: Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, Floragasse 7, 1040 Vienna, Austria. sangil.ahn@tuwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Sangil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwarzer
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zederbauer
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Detz
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schrenk
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strasser