Cascade laser applications: trends and challenges

B. d'Humières; Éric Margoto; Yves Fazilleau

doi:10.1117/12.2212568

10 March 2016 Cascade laser applications: trends and challenges

B. d'Humières, Éric Margoto, Yves Fazilleau

Proceedings Volume 9767, Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XV; 97671U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212568
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

When analyses need rapid measurements, cost effective monitoring and miniaturization, tunable semiconductor lasers can be very good sources. Indeed, applications like on-field environmental gas analysis or in-line industrial process control are becoming available thanks to the advantage of tunable semiconductor lasers. Advances in cascade lasers (CL) are revolutionizing Mid-IR spectroscopy with two alternatives: interband cascade lasers (ICL) in the 3-6μm spectrum and quantum cascade lasers (QCL), with more power from 3 to 300μm. The market is getting mature with strong players for driving applications like industry, environment, life science or transports. CL are not the only Mid-IR laser source. In fact, a strong competition is now taking place with other technologies like: OPO, VCSEL, Solid State lasers, Gas, SC Infrared or fiber lasers. In other words, CL have to conquer a share of the Mid-IR application market. Our study is a market analysis of CL technologies and their applications. It shows that improvements of components performance, along with the progress of infrared laser spectroscopy will drive the CL market growth. We compare CL technologies with other Mid-IR sources and estimate their share in each application market.

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B. d'Humières, Éric Margoto, and Yves Fazilleau "Cascade laser applications: trends and challenges", Proc. SPIE 9767, Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XV, 97671U (10 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212568

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Quantum cascade lasers

Mid-IR

Spectroscopy

Optical parametric oscillators

Semiconductor lasers

Defense and security

Gas lasers

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