First experiments and prospects of intracavity difference -frequency generation of mid/far-infrared and terahertz radiation in diode lasers

Author

Aleshkin, Vladimir Ya ; Andrianov, A.V. ; Belyanin, A.A. ; Biryukov, A.A. ; Dubinov, Alexander A. ; Ershov, A.V. ; Gavrilenko, V.I. ; Kocharovsky, V.V. ; Kocharovsky, V.V. ; Kukushkin, V.A. ; Maremyanin, K.V. ; Morozov, S.V. ; Nekorkin, S.M. ; Zvonkov, B.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Phys. of Microstructures, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Our experimental and theoretical investigations in the field of new semiconductor sources of coherent mid/far-IR radiation based on the intracavity nonlinear mixing of close-in-frequency optical fields in dual-wavelength diode lasers are reviewed. Perspective schemes of quantum-well heterolasers of this kind are considered, and the ways of increasing the power of difference-frequency radiation are suggested, including the use of mode-locked lasers and hybrid surface-emitting grating-outcoupled lasers.

Keywords

semiconductor lasers; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre waves; diode lasers; hybrid surface-emitting grating-outcoupled lasers; intracavity difference-frequency generation; intracavity nonlinear mixing; mid/far-infrared radiation; mode-locked lasers; quantum-well heterolasers; terahertz radiation; Diode lasers; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical surface waves; Physics; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers; difference-frequency generation; diode lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

THz Radiation: Basic Research and Applications, 2008. TERA 2008. International Workshop

Conference_Location

Alushta

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2686-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2687-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TERA.2008.4673815

Filename

4673815