Bandwidth simulation and measurement of terahertz quantum cascade laser

Author

Petitjean, Yoann ; Destic, Fabien ; Mollier, Jean-Claude ; Barbiere, S. ; Sirtori, Carlo

Author_Institution

Inst. Super. de l´´Aeronautique et de l´´Espace - OLIMPES, Toulouse, France

fYear

2009

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a new modeling of the direct modulation response of a quantum cascade laser (QCL), using the complete set of rate equations describing its behavior. We show in the first part that the bandwidth could not be as high as it has been proposed in previous work. The second part describes the experimental setup to access the dynamic behavior of the QCL thanks to a non linear transfer onto a telecom optical carrier.

Keywords

laser variables measurement; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; QCL dynamic behavior; bandwidth measurement; bandwidth simulation; direct modulation response; modulation bandwidth; nonlinear transfer; rate equations; telecom optical carrier; terahertz quantum cascade laser; upconversion method; Bandwidth; Electron emission; Electron optics; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Probes; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Submillimeter wave measurements; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5416-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5417-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324668

Filename

5324668