• DocumentCode
    1771920
  • Title

    Widely-tunable monolithic terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on difference-frequency generation

  • Author

    Seungyong Jung ; Aiting Jiang ; Yifan Jiang ; Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Xiaojun Wang ; Troccoli, Mariano ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate monolithic tunable terahertz quantum cascades laser sources with a tuning range over 580 GHz at room temperature by integrating electrically separated distributed feedback section and distributed Bragg reflector section into a single device.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; laser feedback; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; bandwidth 580 GHz; difference-frequency generation; distributed Bragg reflector; electrically separated distributed feedback section; room temperature; temperature 293 K to 298 K; widely-tunable monolithic terahertz quantum cascade laser sources; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Measurement by laser beam; Optical filters; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature measurement; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989677