• DocumentCode
    2234794
  • Title

    Gain measurements of a metal-metal terahertz quantum cascade laser using an integrated terahertz pulse emitter

  • Author

    Burghoff, David ; Kao, Tsung-Yu ; Ban, Dayan ; Lee, Alan Wei Min ; Reno, John L. ; Hu, Qing

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A terahertz pulse emitter is fabricated alongside a quantum cascade laser with a metal-metal waveguide. Terahertz pulses are used to measure the gain of the laser ridge, which is clamped above threshold to 18 cm-1.
  • Keywords
    gain measurement; laser variables measurement; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz waves; gain measurements; integrated terahertz pulse emitter; metal-metal terahertz quantum cascade laser; metal-metal waveguide; terahertz pulses; Absorption; Electrooptical waveguides; Frequency measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950409