• DocumentCode
    733706
  • Title

    Two-dimensional pump frequency study of THz generation in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Yifan Jiang ; Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Demmerle, Frederic ; Boehm, Gerhard ; Amann, Markus C. ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The dependence of THz difference-frequency generation in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers on the position of mid-infrared pump frequencies is investigated. Experiments are performed at room-temperature using dual-diffraction-grating modified Littrow-type external cavity setup.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; THz difference-frequency generation; dual-diffraction-grating modified Littrow-type external cavity setup; midinfrared pump frequency; midinfrared quantum cascade lasers; room-temperature; temperature 293 K to 298 K; two-dimensional pump frequency; Cavity resonators; Frequency measurement; Gratings; Laser beams; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonant frequency; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184148