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三阶分布反馈太赫兹量子级联激光器的远场分布特性

朱永浩 黎华 万文坚 周涛 曹俊诚

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三阶分布反馈太赫兹量子级联激光器的远场分布特性

朱永浩, 黎华, 万文坚, 周涛, 曹俊诚

Far-field analysis of third-order distributed feedback terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Zhu Yong-Hao, Li Hua, Wan Wen-Jian, Zhou Tao, Cao Jun-Cheng
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  • 研究了三阶分布反馈太赫兹量子级联激光器的设计、制作并分析了其纵模和横模特性.通过建立波导结构模型,利用有限元方法模拟激光器波导结构内的三维模场分布,通过本征模的损耗分析器件的纵模模式选择机理.同时,由本征模的近场通过近-远场傅里叶变换求得激光器的远场分布.采用半导体工艺制作了4.3 THz双面金属波导三阶分布反馈量子级联激光器,测量了不同器件的发射谱和远场光束质量,远场发散角为1213,实验结果和理论模拟符合.
    The single lobe far-field patterns produced from terahertz quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are greatly demanded for various applications, such as imaging, data transmission, etc. However, for a ridge waveguide terahertz QCL, the far-field beam divergence is large due to the fact that the waveguide aperture is far smaller than the terahertz wavelength. This is the case typically for double-metal waveguide terahertz QCL which emits terahertz photons in almost every direction in the space. Even for a single plasmon waveguide terahertz QCL, the divergence angle is as large as 30 in both horizontal and vertical direction. Here, in this work we design and fabricate a double metal third-order distributed feedback terahertz QCL emitting around 4.3 THz, and investigate the characteristics of the longitudinal and transverse modes. This work aims to achieve high beam quality for terahertz QCL by exploiting the third-order distributed feedback geometry, and in the meantime to achieve single longitudinal mode operation. The electromagnetic field distribution in the waveguide is modelled by employing a finite element method. The mode selection mechanism is studied by using the eigen frequency analysis, and the far-field beam is simulated by applying the near-field to far-field Fourier transform technique. The QCL active region used in this work is based on the resonant-phonon design, which is grown by a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system on a semi-insulating GaAs (100) substrate. The wafer bonding and traditional semiconductor device fabrication technology, i.e., optical lithography, electron beam evaporation, lift-off, wet and dry etching, are used to process the MBE-growth wafer into the third-order distributed feedback geometry with double-metal waveguides. By carefully designing the grating structures and optimizing the fabrication process, we achieve third-order distributed feedback terahertz QCL with quasi-single-longitudinal mode operation and single lobe far-field beam pattern with low beam divergence in both vertical and horizontal directions. The effect of grating duty cycle on the far-field beam divergence is systematically studied theoretically and experimentally. By the simulation, we finally achieve the divergence angle of 1213 for a third-order distributed feedback laser with a grating duty cycle of 12% that results in an effective refractive index close to 3. The experimental results show good agreement with the simulation. There is still room to further reduce the beam divergence of third-order distributed feedback terahertz QCL by improve the accuracy of the simulation and the fabrication.
      通信作者: 黎华, hua.li@mail.sim.ac.cn;jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn ; 曹俊诚, hua.li@mail.sim.ac.cn;jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn
    • 基金项目: 中国科学院百人计划、国家重点基础研究发展计划(批准号:2014CB339803)、国家重大科学仪器设备开发专项(批准号:2011YQ150021)、国家自然科学基金(批准号:61575214,61404149,61404150,61604161)和上海市科学技术委员会(批准号:14530711300,15560722000,14ZR1447400,15YF1414400,15JC1403800)资助的课题.
      Corresponding author: Li Hua, hua.li@mail.sim.ac.cn;jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn ; Cao Jun-Cheng, hua.li@mail.sim.ac.cn;jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn
    • Funds: Project supported by the Hundred-Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2014CB339803), the Major National Development Project of Scientific Instrument and Equipment of China (Grant No. 2011YQ150021), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61575214, 61404149, 61404150, 61604161), and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology, China (Grant Nos. 14530711300, 15560722000, 14ZR1447400, 15YF1414400, 15JC1403800).
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