• DocumentCode
    1770216
  • Title

    Electronic switching mechanism in aperiodic DFB lasers

  • Author

    Folland, T.G. ; Khairuzzaman, Md ; Marshall, O.P. ; Beere, H.E. ; Ritchie, D.A. ; Chakraborty, Shiladri

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    For the first time, we present direct experimental evidence of the presence of spatial hole burning within switchable aperiodic DFB terahertz quantum cascade lasers. This will lead towards the development of quasicontinuous tuneable terahertz lasers.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser tuning; optical hole burning; optical switches; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave devices; aperiodic DFB lasers; electronic switching mechanism; quasicontinuous tuneable terahertz lasers; spatial hole burning; switchable DFB lasers; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Gratings; Laser modes; Optical switches; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988804