• DocumentCode
    3015072
  • Title

    Thermally activated absorption in terahertz semiconductor heterostructure lasers

  • Author

    Kröll, J. ; Darmo, J. ; Unterrainer, K. ; Dhillon, S.S. ; Sirtori, C. ; Marcadet, X. ; Calligaro, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present thermally activated absorption in a terahertz semiconductor heterostructure laser based on the bound-to-continuum design. By sensing broadband terahertz pulses transmitted through such laser structure the losses and the real device temperature are sensed.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; semiconductor lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; bound-to-continuum design; broadband terahertz pulses; terahertz semiconductor heterostructure lasers; thermally activated absorption; Absorption; Frequency; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Submillimeter wave technology; Temperature; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453164
  • Filename
    4453164