Terahertz quantum-cascade-laser source based on intracavity difference-frequency generation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 288-292

  Belkin, Mikhail A ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Belyanin, Alexey ^b   Sivco, Deborah L ^c   Cho, Alfred Y ^c   Oakley, Douglas C ^d   Vineis, Christopher J ^d   Turner, George W ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR SOURCES; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; TERAHERTZ SPECTRAL RANGE;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 34249938601     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.70     Document Type: Article

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