• DocumentCode
    1661973
  • Title

    Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on Cherenkov intra-cavity difference-frequency generation

  • Author

    Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Adams, Robert W. ; Vizbaras, Augustinas ; Jang, Min ; Grasse, Christian ; Boehm, Gerhard ; Amann, Markus C. ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Directional room-temperature terahertz emission over 1.2-4.5 THz range is observed with a maximum conversion efficiency of approximately 70μW/W2.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; Cherenkov intracavity difference-frequency generation; conversion efficiency; directional room-temperature terahertz emission; frequency 1.2 THz to 4.5 THz; temperature 293 K to 298 K; terahertz quantum cascade laser sources; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Substrates; Waveguide lasers;
  • 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
    6325966