Monolithic dual-mode distributed feedback semiconductor laser for tunable continuous-wave terahertz generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13851-13859

  Kim, Namje ^a   Shin, Jaeheon ^a   Sim, Eundeok ^a   Lee, Chul Wook ^a   Yee, Dae Su ^b   Jeon, Min Yong ^c   Jang, Yudong ^b   Park, Kyung Hyun ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER EXCITATION; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

CONTINUOUS TUNING; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE TERAHERTZ; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; DUAL-MODE LASERS; EXCITATION SOURCES; TERAHERTZ GENERATION; THZ FREQUENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68349133449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013851     Document Type: Article

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