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
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