Phase-locking of a 2.5 THz quantum cascade laser to a frequency comb using a GaAs photomixer

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3969-3971

  Ravaro, M ^a   Manquest, C ^a   Sirtori, C ^a   Barbieri, S ^a   Santarelli, G ^b   Blary, K ^c   Lampin, J F ^c   Khanna, S P ^d   Linfield, E H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY COMBS; GAAS; HETERODYNE DETECTION; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; PHASE-LOCKING; PHOTOMIXERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

FIBER LASERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 80054726312     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.003969     Document Type: Article

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