• DocumentCode
    733364
  • Title

    Amplification of broadband terahertz pulses in a quantum cascade heterostructure

  • Author

    Bachmann, D. ; Leder, N. ; Rosch, M. ; Scalari, G. ; Beck, M. ; Arthaber, H. ; Faist, J. ; Unterrainer, K. ; Darmo, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst. & Center for Micro- & Nanostruct., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an amplification of broadband terahertz pulses in the bandwidth of 500 GHz centered at 2.5 THz. The amplification is based on gain switched quantum cascade structure width the heterogeneous active region.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; quantum cascade lasers; amplification; bandwidth 500 GHz; broadband terahertz pulses; frequency 2.5 THz; gain switching; heterogeneous active region; quantum cascade heterostructure; Broadband amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical switches; Quantum cascade lasers; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733364