• DocumentCode
    520462
  • Title

    Electrically controlling beam pattern of THz quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Fathololoumi, S. ; Dupont, E. ; Razavipour, S.G. ; Laframboise, S.R. ; Wasilewski, Z.R. ; Ban, D. ; Liu, H.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microstruct. Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An electrically controlled beam pattern technique for semi-insulating surface plasmon terahertz quantum cascade is presented. The near field and far field measurements confirm that the lasing THz beam is maneuvered by 25° in emission angle, when the current density changes from 1.9 kA/cm2 to 2.3 kA/cm2.
  • Keywords
    millimetre wave lasers; quantum cascade lasers; THz quantum cascade lasers; beam pattern control; far field measurements; near field field measurements; semi-insulating surface plasmon terahertz quantum cascade; Current measurement; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical control; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;
  • 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
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500042