• DocumentCode
    421905
  • Title

    Resonant-phonon terahertz quantum cascade lasers at long wavelengths

  • Author

    Williams, Benjamin S. ; Kumar, Sushil ; Hu, Qing ; Reno, John L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We report a resonant-phonon terahertz quantum cascade laser at a wavelength of /spl lambda/ /spl ap/ 141 /spl mu/m (2.1 THz) that uses a low-loss, high-confinement metal-metal waveguide. Continuous wave operation is obtained up to 40 K.
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; optical losses; phonons; quantum cascade lasers; resonant states; submillimetre wave lasers; waveguide lasers; 141 mum; 2.1 THz; 40 K; continuous wave operation; high-confinement waveguide; long-wavelength lasers; low-loss waveguide; metal-metal waveguide; quantum cascade lasers; resonant-phonon lasers; terahertz lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361357