Title :
Ultra-short pulses from quantum cascade structures with distributed gain and absorption
Author :
Talukder, Muhammad Anisuzzaman ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Bangladesh Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract :
We theoretically demonstrate that mid-infrared ultra-short pulses can be created from quantum cascade structures having two-section cavities, where one of the sections is a gain medium and the other is a resonant absorbing medium.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; quantum cascade lasers; gain medium; mid-infrared ultra-short pulses; quantum cascade structures; resonant absorbing medium; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656638
