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Low Power Consumption Lasers for Miniature Optical Spectrometers for Trace Gas AnalysisThe air quality of any manned spacecraft needs to be continuously monitored in order to safeguard the health of the crew. Air quality monitoring grows in importance as mission duration increases. Due to the small size, low power draw, and performance reliability, semiconductor laser-based instruments are viable candidates for this purpose. Achieving a minimum instrument size requires lasers with emission wavelength coinciding with the absorption of the fundamental absorption lines of the target gases, which are mostly in the 3.0-5.0 micron wavelength range. In this paper we report on our progress developing high wall plug efficiency type-I quantum-well GaSb-based diode lasers operating at room temperatures in the spectral region near 3.0-3.5 micron and quantum cascade (QC) lasers in the 4.0-5.0 micron range. These lasers will enable the development of miniature, low-power laser spectrometers for environmental monitoring of the spacecraft.
Document ID
20120015828
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Forouhar, S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Frez, C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Franz, K. J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ksendzov, A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Qiu, Y.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Soibel, K. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Chen, J.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Hosoda, T.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Kipshidze, G.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Shterengas, L.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Belenky, G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
January 23, 2011
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Photonics West
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 25, 2011
End Date: January 27, 2011
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Distributed Feedback (DFB) Diode Lasers
lasers

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