• DocumentCode
    2677719
  • Title

    THz quantum cascade sources based on intra-cavity frequency mixing in passive nonlinear sections

  • Author

    Adams, R.W. ; Vizbaras, A. ; Grasse, C. ; Katz, S. ; Boehm, G. ; Vijayraghavan, K. ; Jang, M. ; Cho, Y. -H ; Belyanin, A.A. ; Amann, M.-C. ; Belkin, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference-frequency generation in passive nonlinear sections. Current devices provide terahertz output up to a heat sink temperature of 210 K.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; Ga0.47In0.53As-Al0.48In0.52As-InP; THz quantum cascade sources; heat sink temperature; intracavity difference-frequency generation; intracavity frequency mixing; passive nonlinear sections; temperature 210 K; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105197
  • Filename
    6105197
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2677719