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Progress in the study of nonlinear dynamic characteristics based on quantum cascade lasers
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1.School of Physics and Electronic Engineering， Jiangsu University， Zhenjiang 212013， China;2.National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits， Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology， Chinese Academy of Sciences， Shanghai 200050， China;3.Center of Material Science and Optoelectronic Engineering，University of Chinese Academy of Sciences， Beijing 100049， China

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （12333012， 61927813， 61975225） ； Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipal （21DZ1101102）

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    Abstract:

    Quantum Cascade Laser （QCL） is a unipolar semiconductor laser that relies on the excitation of photons radiated by electrons leaping between subbands of quantum wells. Numerous theoretical and experimental studies have demonstrated that slight external perturbations （optical feedback， optical injection） or sufficiently strong internal nonlinear mode couplings can induce nonlinear output of semiconductor lasers. QCL， as a new type of semiconductor device， is characterized by high intracavity strength， strong inter-subband optical nonlinearity and fast electron relaxation time， which has stimulated the interest in studying its nonlinear dynamics. In this paper， we review in detail the progress of the study of nonlinear dynamical characterization in QCL， explore the mechanism of the generation of nonlinear dynamical properties of QCL， and summarize the applications of nonlinear properties of QCL.

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FENG Wei, MAO Yu, MENG Yue, RENG Tian-Liang, WANG Chang, CAO Jun-Cheng. Progress in the study of nonlinear dynamic characteristics based on quantum cascade lasers[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2023,42(6):762~770

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  • Received:January 17,2023
  • Revised:October 23,2023
  • Adopted:February 21,2023
  • Online: October 23,2023
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