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Distributed Feedback Laser

5300 nm - 5800 nm Distributed Feedback Laser

Select your target wavelength at any wavelength between 5300 nm and 5800 nm. The table below presents typical specifications, available mountings as well as application references & further reading.

Specifications

Mountings & Accessories

Applications

Papers & Links

Specifications

parameters	symbol	unit	minimum	typical	maximum
parameters operating wavelength (at T_op, I_op)	symbol λop	unit nm	minimum	typical 0.1 nm	maximum
parameters optical output power (at λ_op)	symbol P_op	unit mW	minimum	typical 1	maximum
parameters operating current	symbol I_op	unit mA	minimum	typical	maximum 120
parameters operating voltage	symbol V_op	unit V	minimum	typical 5	maximum
parameters threshold current	symbol I_th	unit mA	minimum 30	typical 40	maximum 70
parameters side mode suppression ratio	symbol SMSR	unit dB	minimum	typical > 35	maximum
parameters current tuning coefficient	symbol C_I	unit nm / mA	minimum	typical 0.15	maximum
parameters temperature tuning coefficient	symbol C_T	unit nm / K	minimum	typical 0.5	maximum
parameters operating chip temperature	symbol T_op	unit °C	minimum +5	typical +20	maximum +50
parameters operating case temperature (non-condensing)	symbol T_C	unit °C	minimum -20	typical +25	maximum +45
parameters storage temperature (non-condensing)	symbol T_S	unit °C	minimum -30	typical +20	maximum +70

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Mountings & Accessories

SM-BTF - our fiber-coupled workhorse

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availability: 760 nm - 5500 nm
TEC: integrated TEC
NTC: integrated NTC

plug&play: fiber-coupled beam
size: large footprint
costs: higher cost than free space

TO66 - our workhorse for ICLs

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availability: 2800 nm - 6500 nm
TEC: integrated large TEC
NTC: integrated NTC
cap: AR coated cap (optional)

window: AR coated window (optional)
plug&play: collimation required
size: small footprint
costs: low cost

chip on heatspreader - high-end OEM integration

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availability: 760 nm - 6000 nm
TEC: no TEC
NTC: integrated NTC
cap: NA

window: NA
plug&play: collimation required
size: smallest footprint
costs: low cost

Heatsink for TO5 / TO66

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availability: 760 nm - 6500 nm
NTC: integrated (optional)
heat distribution: warranted
connectors: for laser diode driver & temperature controller
posts: M6 thread for optical table

cage system: standard
collimation: none

Lens on cap

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availability: 1850 nm - 6500 nm
heat distribution: none, use separate heatsink
connectors: TO66 connectors only
posts: none, use separate heatsink

cage system: none, use separate heatsink
collimation: high-end collimation, divergence < 4 mrad

Applications

Gas Detection

5300 nm - 5800 nm

Carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, water vapour and most hydrocarbons, like methane, acetylene, formaldehyde and ethane have their strongest absorption features between 3000 nm and 6500 nm.

Papers & Links

# 2 Advanced Gas Sensing Applications Above 3 µm with DFB Laser Diodes

L. Naehle, L. Hildebrandt, M. Fischer, J. Koeth, Gases & Instrumentation, March/April 2012, pp. 25 - 28,

# 8 ICLs open opportunities for mid-IR sensing

L. Naehle, L. Hildebrandt, M. Kamp, S. Hoefling, Laser Focus World, May 2013, pp. 70-73,

# 9 DFB Lasers Between 760 nm and 16 µm for Sensing Applications

W. Zeller, L. Naehle, P. Fuchs, F. Gerschuetz, L. Hildebrandt, J. Koeth , Sensors, 10, 2010, pp. 2492-2510,

# 13 Continuous-wave operation of type-I quantum well DFB laser diodes emitting in 3.4 µm wavelength range around room temperature

L. Naehle, S. Belahsene, M. von Edlinger, M. Fischer, G. Boissier, P. Grech, G. Narcy, A. Vicet, Y. Rouillard, J. Koeth and L. Worschech , Electron. Lett. 47, 1, Januar 2011, pp. 46-47.,

# 18 Monomode Interband Cascade Lasers at 5.2 µm for Nitric Oxide Sensing

M. von Edlinger, J. Scheuermann, R. Weih, C. Zimmermann, L. Naehle, M. Fischer, J. Koeth , IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett, 26, 5, 2014, pp. 480-482.,

# 26 Corrugated-sidewall interband cascade lasers with single-mode midwave-infrared emission at room temperature;

C.S. Kim, M. Kim, W.W. Bewley, J.R. Lindle, C.L. Canedy, J. Abell, I. Vurgaftman, J.R. Meyer , Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 2009, 231103.,

# 36 Single mode interband cascade lasers based on lateral metal gratings

R. Weih, L. Naehle, Sven Hoefling, J. Koeth, M. Kamp , Appl. Phys. Lett., 105,7, 2014, pp. 071111.,

# 43 Chemical analysis of surgical smoke by infrared laser spectroscopy

Michele Gianella, Markus W. Sigrist , Appl. Phys. B, 109, 3, November 2012, pp. 485-496.,

# 54 Demonstration of the self-mixing effect in interband cascade lasers

K. Bertling, Y.L. Lim, T. Taimre, D. Indjin, P. Dean, R. Weih, S. Hoefling, M. Kamp, M. von Edlinger, J. Koeth, A.D. Rakic, Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 2013, 231107,

# 64 Interband Cascade Lasers - Topical Review

I. Vurgaftman, R. Weih, M. Kamp, C.L. Canedy, C.S. Kim, M. Kim, W.W. Bewley, C.D. Merritt, J. Abell, S. Hoefling, Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 48, 2015, pp. 123001-12017.,

# 67 New Opportunities in Mid-Infrared Emission Control

P. Geiser, Sensors, 2015, pp. 22724-22736.,

# 75 Interband cascade laser sources in the mid-infrared for green photonics

J. Koeth, M. von Edlinger, J. Scheuermann, S. Becker, L. Nähle, M. Fischer, R. Weih, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, , Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers , XV, 9767, 10th March 2016, 976712,

# 93 Interband cascade laser-based optical transfer standard for atmospheric carbon monoxide measurements

J. A. Nwaboh, Z. Qu, O. Werhahn and V. Ebert , App. Optics, Vol. 56, No.11, 10. April 2017, pp. E84-E93.,

# 100 Multiheterodyne spectroscopy using interband cascade lasers

L. A. Sterczewski, J. Westberg, C. L. Patrick, C. S. Kim, M. Kim, C. L. Canedy, W. W. Bewley, C. D. Merritt, I. Vurgaftman, J. R. Meyer and G. Wysocki, Opt. Eng., 57(1), Januar 2018, 011014,

# 101 Single-mode interband cascade laser multiemitter structure for two-wavelength absorption spectroscopy;

Scheuermann, R. Weih, S. Becker, M. Fischer, J. Koeth, S. Höfling, Opt. Eng., 57 (1), September 2017, 011008,

# 102 Laser detection

L. Hildebrandt, Hydrocarbon Engineering, Februar 2018,

# 105 Design and performance of a dual-laser instrument for multiple isotopologues of carbon dioxide and water

J. B. McManus, D. D. Nelson and M. S. Zahniser , Optics Express, Vol.23, Issue 5, 2015, pp. 6569-6586.,

# 106 Recent progress in laser‑based trace gas instruments: performance and noise analysis

J. B. McManus, M. S. Zahniser, D. D. Nelson et. al., Appl. Phys. B, 2015, 119: 203.,

# 116 Nitric oxide analysis down to ppt levels by optical-feedback cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy

L. Richard, D. Romanini, I. Ventrillard, Sensors, MDPI, Vol.18, Iss.7, 2018,

# 117 The driver design for N₂O gas detection system based on tunable interband cascade laser

L. Liao, J. Zhang, D. Dong, E3S Web Conf., Vol.78, 2019, 03002.,

# 118 Metrological quantification of CO in biogas using laser absorption spectroscopy and gas chromatography

J. A. Nwaboh, S. Persijn, K. Arrhenius, H. Bohlén, O. Werhahn, V. Ebert, Meas. Sci. Technol., Vol.29, No.9, 2018,

# 131 Unveiling quantum-limited operation of interband cascade lasers

S. Borri , M. Siciliani de Cumis , S. Viciani , F. D’Amato, P. De Natale, APL Phot., Vol.5, Iss.3, 2020, 036101,

# 132 Light and microwaves in laser frequency combs: an interplay of spatio-temporal phenomena

M. Piccardo, D. Kazakov, B. Schwarz, P. Chevalier, A. Amirzhan, Y. Wang, F. Xie, K. Lascola, S. Becker, L. Hildebrandt, R. Weih, A. Belyanin, F. Capasso, San Jose, CA, USA, 2019, , 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2019, pp. 1-2.,

# 151 The interband cascade laser

J. R. Meyer, W. Bewley, C. L. Canedy, C. S. Kim, M. Kim, C. D. Merritt, I. Vurgaftman, Photonics, Vol. 7, No. 3 (75), 2020,

# 190 Laser-irradiating infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy of articular cartilage: Potential and challenges for diagnosing osteoarthritis

P. Krebs, M. Nägele, P. Fomina, V. Virtanen, E. Nippolainen, R. Shaikh, I.O. Afara, J. Töyräs, I. Usenov, T. Sakharova, V. Artyushenko, V. Tafintseva, J.H. Solheim, B. Zimmermann, A. Kohler, O. König, S. Saarakkala, B. Mizaikoff, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 6, 2024, 100466,

Optical properties

nanoplus distributed feedback lasers show outstanding spectral, tuning and electrical properties.

Spectrum 5645 nm DFB

Typical spectrum of a nanoplus 5645 nm distributed feedback interband cascade laser

Tuning 5645 nm DFB

Typical mode hop free tuning of a nanoplus 5645 nm distributed feedback interband cascade laser

PI Curve 5645 nm DFB

Typical power, current and voltage characteristics of a nanoplus 5645 nm distributed feedback interband cascade laser

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nanoplus uses a unique and patented technology for DFB laser manufacturing. We apply a lateral metal grating along the ridge waveguide, which is independent of the material system. Read more about our patented distributed feedback technology.

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