• DocumentCode
    1649558
  • Title

    Direct link of a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser to a frequency comb by optical injection

  • Author

    Borri, Simone ; Bartalini, Saverio ; Galli, Iacopo ; Cappelli, Francesco ; Bismuto, Alfredo ; Cancio, Pablo ; Giusfredi, Giovanni ; Mazzotti, Davide ; Faist, Jerome ; De Natale, Paolo

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. Naz. di Ottica, Firenze, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A room-temperature mid-infrared QCL is injection-locked by a narrow-linewidth comb-linked nonlinear source. The QCL reproduces the injected radiation within ~94%, with a frequency noise reduction of 3-4 orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    quantum cascade lasers; direct link; frequency comb; frequency noise reduction; injection-locked; midinfrared quantum cascade laser; optical injection; Frequency synthesizers; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325505