Performance metrics of an electronically-tunable IR laser as a source for continuous-wave 1550 nm photomixers

Author

Burdette, Don J. ; Law, Jeremy J. M. ; Middendorf, J.R. ; Mosbacker, H. Lee ; Roedig, C. ; Zhang, Wensheng ; Brown, E.R.

Author_Institution

Traycer Syst., Inc., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper reports on the performance of an electrically-tuned IR laser package used to drive 1550 nm continuous-wave photomixers. Unlike other 1550 nm based drive lasers that select the THz output frequency by temperature-tuning the IR laser wavelength, the pump lasers used in this study can be electronically tuned across the entire C-band, allowing quick selection of the THz output frequency in the 100 GHz-1200 GHz band. This work has implications for real-time, multi-frequency imaging applications.

Keywords

laser tuning; optical images; optical pumping; submillimetre wave lasers; submillimetre wave mixers; C-band; IR laser wavelength; THz output frequency; continuous-wave photomixers; drive lasers; electronically-tunable IR laser; frequency 100 GHz to 1200 GHz; multifrequency imaging; performance metrics; pump lasers; real-time imaging; temperature-tuning; wavelength 1550 nm; Imaging; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Real-time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956531

Filename

6956531