Title :
Nonlinear light generation in quantum cascade and semiconductor diode lasers
Author :
Yanin, Alexey Bel ; Gmach, Claire ; Sivco, Deborah L. ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
This work discusses the basic physics and design of semiconductor injection lasers with integrated nonlinear optical elements that support resonant intracavity of laser modes. One or several laser modes serve as an intracavity optical pump for a variety of nonlinear optical processes including second-harmonic, sum-frequency, and difference-frequency generation, Raman Stokes or anti-Stokes scattering, and parametric frequency down-conversion.
Keywords :
coherent antiStokes Raman scattering; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; quantum cascade lasers; semiconductor lasers; Raman Stokes; anti-Stokes scattering; difference-frequency generation; integrated nonlinear optical elements; intracavity optical pump; laser modes; nonlinear light generation; nonlinear optical processes; parametric frequency down-conversion; quantum cascade lasers; resonant intracavity; second-harmonic generation; semiconductor diode lasers; semiconductor injection lasers; sum-frequency generation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonance light scattering; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251786
