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Coupling external cavity mid-IR quantum cascade lasers with low loss hollow metallic/dielectric waveguides |
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| Authors: | P Patimisco V Spagnolo M S Vitiello A Tredicucci G Scamarcio C M Bledt J A Harrington |
| Institution: | 1. CNR-IFN and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Universit?? and Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy 2. CNR??Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Via Madonna del Piano 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 3. NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze??CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127, Pisa, Italy 4. Dept. Material Science & Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08855, USA |
| Abstract: | We report on the optical coupling between hollow core waveguides and external cavity mid-IR quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). Waveguides with 1000???m bore size and lengths ranging from 2 to 14?cm, with metallic (Ag)/dielectric (AgI or polystyrene) circular cross-section internal coatings, have been employed. Our results show that the QCL mode is perfectly matched to the hybrid HE11 waveguide mode, demonstrating that the internal dielectric coating thickness is effective to suppress the higher losses TE-like modes. Optical losses down to 0.44?dB/m at 5.27???m were measured in Ag/polystyrene-coated waveguide with an almost unitary coupling efficiency. |
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