Title :
Direct link of a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser to a frequency comb by optical injection
Author :
Borri, Simone ; Bartalini, Saverio ; Galli, Iacopo ; Cappelli, Francesco ; Bismuto, Alfredo ; Cancio, Pablo ; Giusfredi, Giovanni ; Mazzotti, Davide ; Faist, Jerome ; De Natale, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Ist. Naz. di Ottica, Firenze, Italy
Abstract :
A room-temperature mid-infrared QCL is injection-locked by a narrow-linewidth comb-linked nonlinear source. The QCL reproduces the injected radiation within ~94%, with a frequency noise reduction of 3-4 orders of magnitude.
Keywords :
quantum cascade lasers; direct link; frequency comb; frequency noise reduction; injection-locked; midinfrared quantum cascade laser; optical injection; Frequency synthesizers; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
