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A high-efficiency regime for gas-phase terahertz lasers

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Phillips, Dane J.; Holliday, Samuel G.; Bravo-Abad, Jorge; Everitt, Henry O.; Wang, Fan; Lee, Jeongwon; Chua, Song Liang; Joannopoulos, John; Soljacic, Marin; Johnson, Steven G; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
We present both an innovative theoretical model and an experimental validation of a molecular gas optically pumped far-infrared (OPFIR) laser at 0.25 THz that exhibits 10× greater efficiency (39% of the Manley–Rowe limit) and 1,000× smaller volume than comparable commercial lasers. Unlike previous OPFIR-laser models involving only a few energy levels that failed even qualitatively to match experiments at high pressures, our ab initio theory matches experiments quantitatively, within experimental uncertainties with no free parameters, by accurately capturing the interplay of millions of degrees of freedom in the laser. We show that previous OPFIR lasers were inefficient simply by being too large and that high powers favor high pressures and small cavities. We believe that these results will revive interest in OPFIR laser as a powerful and compact source of terahertz radiation. Keywords: optically pumped far-infrared laser modeling; terahertz source; rotational population inversion; continuous wave gas laser; laser
Date issued
2018-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120503
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Citation
Wang, Fan et al. “A High-Efficiency Regime for Gas-Phase Terahertz Lasers.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 26 (June 2018): 6614–6619 © 2018 National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
1091-6490

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