• DocumentCode
    2716389
  • Title

    Terahertz pulse generation and amplification within terahertz quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Dhillon, S. ; Sawallich, S. ; Jukam, N. ; Oustinov, D. ; Madeo, J. ; Rungsawang, R. ; Barbieri, S. ; Filloux, P. ; Sirtori, C. ; Marcadet, X. ; Tignon, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Pierre Aigrain, UPMC, Paris, France
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Integrated THz pulse generation and amplification in THz QCLs is demonstrated. Intracavity narrowband THz pulses are generated at 2.1THz by exciting the facet of a THz quantum cascade laser with a resonant interband-intersubband transition and detected using electro-optic sampling.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical effects; optical pulse generation; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave devices; terahertz wave generation; THz QCLs; electro-optic sampling; frequency 2.1 THz; resonant interband-intersubband transition; terahertz pulse amplification; terahertz pulse generation; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Current density; Oscillators; Probes; Pulse generation; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612809
  • Filename
    5612809