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Based on a bound-to-continuum design, the bi-functional active region has an inherent broad electro-luminescence spectrum of 200 cm-1, which indicates its use for single mode laser arrays. We have measured a peak signal of 191.5 mV at the on-chip detector, without any amplification. The room-temperature pulsed emission with an averaged power consumption of 4 mW and the high-speed detection makes these devices ideal for low-power sensors. The combination of the on-chip detection functionality, the broad emission spectrum and the low average power consumption indicates the potential of our bi-functional quantum cascade structures to build a mid-infrared lab-on-a-chip based on quantum cascade laser technology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s130202196","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,6]],"date-time":"2013-02-06T11:02:06Z","timestamp":1360148526000},"page":"2196-2205","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Monolithically Integrated Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Laser and Detector"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Benedikt","family":"Schwarz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Reininger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4167-3653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hermann","family":"Detz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tobias","family":"Zederbauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5790-2588","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aaron","family":"Andrews","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Werner","family":"Schrenk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0147-0883","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gottfried","family":"Strasser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Solid State Electronics and Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"582","DOI":"10.1109\/JQE.2002.1005408","article-title":"Chemical sensors based on quantum cascade lasers","volume":"38","author":"Kosterev","year":"2002","journal-title":"IEEE J. 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