Title :
Phase seeding of a terahertz quantum cascade laser
Author :
Madéo, J. ; Jukam, N. ; Oustinov, D. ; Rungsawang, R. ; Maysonnave, J. ; Cavalié, P. ; Barbieri, S. ; Filloux, P. ; Sirtori, C. ; Marcadet, X. ; Tignon, J. ; Dhillon, S.S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Pierre Aigrain, Univ. Paris 6 et 7, Paris, France
Abstract :
The QCL carrier phase is set by coherent injection seeding with a THz pulse. This enables the phase-resolved laser emission to be measured in the time-domain and the QCL to be used directly for time-domain-spectroscopy.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; time-domain analysis; QCL carrier phase; coherent injection seeding; phase seeding; phase-resolved laser emission; terahertz quantum cascade laser; time-domain-spectroscopy; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Cavity resonators; Measurement by laser beam; Quantum cascade lasers; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4