• DocumentCode
    2713134
  • Title

    THz photonic crystal quantum-cascade lasers: Frequency tuning during lasing operation

  • Author

    Benz, A. ; Brandstetter, M. ; Deutsch, C. ; Fasching, G. ; Unterrainer, K. ; Andrews, A.M. ; Klang, P. ; Schrenk, W. ; Strasser, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst. & Center for Micro- & Nanostruct., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a new tuning scheme for THz quantum-cascade lasers based on active photonic crystal (PhC) resonators. An injected gas changes the resonance condition of the PhC and thereby the emission frequency of the device.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; microwave photonics; photonic crystals; quantum cascade lasers; THz photonic crystal quantum-cascade lasers; emission frequency; frequency tuning; lasing operation; photonic crystal resonators; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Photonic crystals; Quantum cascade lasers; Refractive index; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612618
  • Filename
    5612618