DocumentCode
520895
Title
Quantum cascade laser oscillating in circuit-based resonator
Author
Walther, Christoph ; Scalari, Giacomo ; Amanti, Maria ; Beck, Mattias ; Faist, Jerome
Author_Institution
Inst. of Quantum Electron., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a microcavity for the Terahertz based on a lumped circuit inductor-capacitor (LC) resonator. The substitution of the capacitor dielectric by a gain medium allows the demonstration of a Terahertz laser with a strongly sub-wavelength electronic resonator. Lasing is observed at 1.5 THz at 4.2 K. The LC resonator allows fabricating microcavities with dimensions arbitrarily smaller than the wavelength.
Keywords
Circuits; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Magnetic field measurement; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500498
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