• DocumentCode
    2303203
  • Title

    Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on Cherenkov intra-cavity difference-frequency generation

  • Author

    Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Vizbaras, Augustinas ; Jang, Min ; Grasse, Christian ; Boehm, Gerhard ; Amann, Markus C. ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    540
  • Lastpage
    541
  • Abstract
    Directional room-temperature terahertz emission is observed with a peak power of 16μW and a maximum conversion efficiency of approximately 600μW/W2.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; Cherenkov intracavity difference-frequency generation; directional room-temperature terahertz emission; maximum conversion efficiency; peak power; power 16 muW; temperature 293 K to 298 K; terahertz quantum cascade laser sources; Frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Power measurement; Quantum cascade lasers; Substrates; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358732
  • Filename
    6358732