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Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade laser for high resolution spectroscopic applications

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An external cavity (EC) quantum cascade laser (QCL) configuration with the thermoelectrically cooled gain medium fabricated using a bound-to-continuum design and operating in continuous wave at ∼5.2 μm is reported. The EC architecture employs a piezo-activated cavity mode tracking system for mode-hop free operation suitable for high resolution spectroscopic applications and multiple species trace-gas detection. The performance of the EC-QCL exhibits coarse single mode tuning over 35 cm-1 and a continuous mode-hop free fine tuning range of ∼1.2 cm-1.

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  1. Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    G. Wysocki, R.F. Curl & F.K. Tittel

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Neuchâtel, 1 A.-L. Breguet, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    R. Maulini, J.M. Bulliard & J. Faist

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Wysocki, G., Curl, R., Tittel, F. et al. Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade laser for high resolution spectroscopic applications. Appl. Phys. B 81, 769–777 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1965-4

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