Title :
High order optical sideband generation with Terahertz quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Cavalie, Pierrick ; Madeo, J. ; Freeman, J. ; Maussang, K. ; Strupiechonski, E. ; Xu, Guoqing ; Colombelli, R. ; Beere, H.E. ; Ritchie, D.A. ; Li, Luoqing ; Davies, A. Giles ; Linfield, Edmund H. ; Sirtori, C. ; Mangeney, J. ; Tignon, J. ; Dhillon, S.S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Pierre Aigrain, Univ. Paris P. et M. Curie, Paris, France
Abstract :
Optical sidebands are generated by difference frequency mixing between a resonant bandgap near-infrared beam and a terahertz (THz) wave. This is realized within the cavity of a THz quantum cascade laser using resonantly enhanced non-linearities. Multiple order optical sidebands and conversion efficiencies up to 0.1% are shown.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; THz wave; conversion efficiencies; difference frequency generation; high order optical sideband generation; multiple order optical sidebands; resonant bandgap near-infrared beam; resonantly enhanced nonlinearities; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave; Amplitude modulation; Frequency modulation; Optical modulation; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665599
