Intracavity wave mixing of self-generated fields in semiconductor lasers for mid/far-infrared generation

Author

Aleshkin, V.Ya. ; Belyanin, A.A. ; Dubinov, A.A. ; Kocharovsky, V.V. ; Kocharovsky, Vl.V. ; Scully, M.O.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Phys. Microstructures, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Firstpage

80

Abstract

This study analyzes various types of semiconductor nonlinearities and discuss the most promising schemes of nonlinear-mixing lasers (NML), which may be used for the sum- and difference-frequency generation in a wide infrared range. The NMLs can be implemented both in the interband lasers (diode-type lasers) and intersubband lasers (quantum cascade lasers). This paper reviews theoretical and experimental investigations in the field and discusses possible applications.

Keywords

infrared sources; laser cavity resonators; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; difference-frequency generation; diode-type lasers; far-infrared generation; interband lasers; intersubband lasers; intracavity wave mixing; midinfrared generation; nonlinear-mixing lasers; quantum cascade lasers; self-generated fields; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor nonlinearities; sum-frequency generation; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8973-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567251

Filename

1567251