DocumentCode
689528
Title
Room-temperature quantum cascade laser sources of terahertz radiation
Author
Belkin, Mikhail A. ; Vijayraghavan, Karun ; Jiang, Aimin ; Demmerle, F. ; Boehm, G. ; Amann, Markus C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The development of room-temperature mass-producible 1-5 terahertz sources based on efficient intra-cavity frequency mixing in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers will be discussed. Best devices provide over 0.1mW of terahertz output with over 0.4mW/W2 conversion efficiency.
Keywords
infrared sources; laser cavity resonators; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave spectra; intracavity frequency mixing; midinfrared quantum cascade laser sources; optical frequency conversion efficiency; room temperature; temperature 293 K to 298 K; terahertz radiation sources; Diode lasers; Educational institutions; Optical mixing; Performance evaluation; Quantum cascade lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833914
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