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7 September 2011 Recent advances of terahertz quantum cascade lasers
Manijeh Razeghi
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Abstract
In the past decade, tremendous development has been made in GaAs/AlGaAs based THz quantum cascade laser (QCLs), however, the maximum operating temperature is still limited below 200 K (without magnetic field). THz QCL based on difference frequency generation (DFG) represents a viable technology for room temperature operation. Recently, we have demonstrated room temperature THz emission (~ 4 THz) up to 8.5 μW with a power conversion efficiency of 10 μW/W2. A dual-period distributed feedback grating is used to filter the mid-infrared spectra in favor of an extremely narrow THz linewidth of 6.6 GHz.
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Manijeh Razeghi "Recent advances of terahertz quantum cascade lasers", Proc. SPIE 8119, Terahertz Emitters, Receivers, and Applications II, 81190D (7 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899131
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KEYWORDS
Terahertz radiation

Quantum cascade lasers

Mid-IR

Silicon

Continuous wave operation

Difference frequency generation

Diodes

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