Abstract
We report on high duty-cycle pulsed and burst-mode operation of λ~8µm quantum cascade lasers under ambient conditions for photo-acoustic spectroscopy. An optimum in average optical power and efficiency is seen around 800kHz and 50% duty-cycle.
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