Tunable terahertz quantum cascade lasers with external gratings
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Lee, Alan
Williams, Benjamin S.
Kumar, Sushil
Hu, Qing
Reno, John L.
Date Issued
March 2010
Journal
Optics Letters
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Optical Society of America
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Lee, Alan Wei Min, Benjamin S. Williams, Sushil Kumar, Qing Hu, and John L. Reno. “Tunable Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers with External Gratings.” Optics Letters 35, no. 7 (April 1, 2010): 910. © 2010 Optical Society of America
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Abstract
We demonstrate a frequency tunable external cavity terahertz quantum cascade laser using an abutted antireflection-coated silicon lens to reduce facet reflection and as a beam-forming element, with an external grating providing frequency selective optical feedback. Angle tuning of the grating allows a single longitudinal mode of the laser ridge to be selected, resulting in discontinuous tuning over a 165 GHz range around a center frequency of 4.4 THz. Another device exhibited 145 GHz of total tuning with 9 GHz of continuous tuning near the longitudinal modes of the laser.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.000910
