Abstract
Reported is the development of lambda similar to 4 mu m highly strain-compensated In0.7Ga0.3As/In0.34Al0.66As/InP quantum cascade lasers grown by metal organic vapour phase epitaxy. 10 mu m-wide and 3 mm-long devices with as-cleaved facets deliver more than 2.4 W of peak optical power from both facets at 300 K with threshold current density of 2.5 kA/cm(2). The lasers operate up to at least 400 K with characteristic temperature of 153 K.