• DocumentCode
    2716448
  • Title

    Phase-locking of 2.4 and 2.7 terahertz quantum cascade lasers to a femtosecond mode-locked Er-fiber laser

  • Author

    Barbieri, S. ; Gellie, P. ; Santarelli, G. ; Ravaro, M. ; Amato, M. ; Manquest, C. ; Sirtori, C. ; Colombelli, R. ; Khanna, S.P. ; Linfield, E.H. ; Beere, H.E. ; Ritchie, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. MPQ, Univ. Paris 7, Paris, France
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the phase-locking of Quantum Cascade Lasers emitting at 2.4 and 2.7Terahertz, to the repetition rate of a commercial Er-doped fiber-fs-laser. We observe a linewidth of the beat-note signal with a signal-to-noise of 80dB in 1Hz bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; quantum cascade lasers; Er-doped fiber-fs-laser; Jk:Er; bandwidth 1 Hz; beat-note signal linewidth; femtosecond mode-locked Er-fiber laser; frequency 2.4 THz; frequency 2.7 THz; phase locking; quantum cascade lasers; repetition rate; Amplitude modulation; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Quantum cascade lasers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612813
  • Filename
    5612813