Title :
THz quantum cascade sources based on intra-cavity frequency mixing in passive nonlinear sections
Author :
Adams, R.W. ; Vizbaras, A. ; Grasse, C. ; Katz, S. ; Boehm, G. ; Vijayraghavan, K. ; Jang, M. ; Amann, M.-C. ; Cho, Y. -H ; Belyanin, A.A. ; Belkin, Mikhail A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency generation in passive nonlinear sections. Current devices provide terahertz output up to a heat sink temperature of 210 K.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave devices; GaInAs; InP; THz quantum cascade laser sources; difference frequency generation; intracavity frequency mixing; passive nonlinear sections; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
