Frequency stabilization of a single mode terahertz quantum cascade laser to the kilohertz level

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7525-7532

  Danylov, Andriy A ^a   Goyette, Thomas M ^a   Waldman, Jerry ^a   Coulombe, Michael J ^a   Gatesman, Andrew J ^a   Giles, Robert H ^a   Goodhue, William D ^a   Qian, Xifeng ^a   Nixon, William E ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b US Army National Ground Intelligence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BEAT SIGNALS; COHERENT TRANSCEIVER; FEED-BACK LOOP; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; OPTICALLY PUMPED MOLECULAR LASERS; SINGLE MODE; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 66549115354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007525     Document Type: Article

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