DocumentCode
520367
Title
Development of tunable terahertz wire lasers
Author
Qin, Qi ; Williams, Benjamin S. ; Kumar, Sushil ; Hu, Qing ; Reno, John L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report a novel tuning mechanism based on a “wire-laser” with subwavelength transverse dimensions(w≪λ). By manipulating the waveguided mode propagating outside the cavity, frequency tuning of ∼137GHz (3.6%) is demonstrated from a single-laser device at ∼3.8THz.
Keywords
Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Gratings; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Quantum cascade lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499938
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