Title :
Selection of longitudinal modes in a terahertz quantum cascade laser via narrow-band injection seeding
Author :
Hanond Nong ; Pal, Shovon ; Markmann, Sergej ; Hekmat, Negar ; Mohandas, Reshma A. ; Dean, Paul ; Lianhe Li ; Linfield, Edmund H. ; Davis, A. Giles ; Wieck, Andreas D. ; Jukam, Nathan
Author_Institution :
Arbeitsgruppe Terahertz-Spektrosk. und Technol., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Abstract :
A terahertz quantum cascade laser is injection seeded with narrow-band seed pulses generated from a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. The spectral emission of the quantum cascade laser is controlled by the seed spectra.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; lithium compounds; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; longitudinal mode selection; narrow-band injection seeding; narrow-band seed pulse generation; periodically poled lithium niobate crystal; seed spectra; spectral emission; terahertz quantum cascade laser; Crystals; Electric fields; Electrooptical waveguides; Lithium niobate; Quantum cascade lasers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
