Title :
Monolithic tunable terahertz quantum cascade laser source based on difference frequency generation
Author :
Seungyong Jung ; Aiting Jiang ; Yifan Jiang ; Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Xiaojun Wang ; Troccoli, Mariano ; Belkin, Mikhail A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A monolithic tunable single mode terahertz quantum cascade laser source based on intra-cavity difference frequency generation with a tuning range of ~580 GHz is demonstrated at room temperature.
Keywords :
optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; intra-cavity difference frequency generation; monolithic tunable terahertz quantum cascade laser source; single mode terahertz quantum cascade laser source; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser excitation; Quantum cascade lasers; Substrates; Temperature measurement; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956477
