Simultaneous amplification of terahertz difference frequencies by an injection-seeded semiconductor laser amplifier at 850 nm

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 849-858

  Matsuura, Shuji ^a   Chen, Pin ^a   Blake, Geoffrey A ^a   Pearson, J C ^b   Pickett, Herbert M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent radiation; Difference frequency generation; Semiconductor laser amplifier; Submillimeter; Terahertz; Two frequency injection seeding

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; LASER; LIGHT; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AMPLIFIERS; ASTRONOMY; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIO WAVES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT MODULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

TWO FREQUENCY INJECTION SEEDING;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 0032081205     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022676407601     Document Type: Article

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