Title :
Generation of CW terahertz waves in the 3 THz range using a MZM-based flat comb generator
Author :
Morohashi, Isao ; Irimajiri, Yoshihisa ; Kumagai, Motohiro ; Kawakami, Akira ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Sekine, Norihiko ; Ochiai, Satoshi ; Tanaka, Shoji ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas ; Hosako, Iwao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
THz waves in the 3 THz range have been generated by photonic down-conversion using a Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator. THz waves were detected by a hot electron bolometer mixer with a quantum cascade laser.
Keywords :
bolometers; electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; quantum cascade lasers; quantum optics; terahertz wave generation; CW terahertz waves generation; MZM-based flat comb generator; Mach-Zehnder-modulator; frequency 3 THz; hot electron bolometer mixer; photonic down-conversion; quantum cascade laser; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; High-speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
