A tunable cavity-locked diode laser source for terahertz photomixing

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 380-387

  Matsuura, Shuji ^a,d   Chen, Pin ^b,e   Blake, Geoffrey A ^a   Pearson, John C ^c   Pickett, Herbert M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Diode lasers; Photomixing; Source; Terahertz waves

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT (FP) CAVITY; FIBER-COUPLED EXTERNAL-CAVITY LASER DIODES; POUND-DREVER-HALL LOCKING;

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033903879     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.826836     Document Type: Article

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