Long-term frequency and amplitude stability of a solid-nitrogen-cooled, continuous wave THz quantum cascade laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8261, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Danylov, Andriy A ^a   Waldman, Jerry ^a   Light, Alexander R ^a   Goyette, Thomas M ^a   Giles, Robert H ^a   Qian, Xifeng ^a   Chandrayan, Neelima ^a   Goodhue, William D ^a   Nixon, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

frequency stability; heterodyne receiver; mixer; solid nitrogen; THz quantum cascade laser

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE STABILITY; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CORNER CUBES; CRYOCOOLERS; ELECTRICAL POWER; FAR-INFRARED; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOLD TIME; LASER LINES; LIQUID HELIUM; MINIMUM PRESSURE; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PUMPING SYSTEMS; REDUCED COST; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SOLID NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; GAS LASERS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID NITROGEN; METHANOL; MIXERS (MACHINERY); QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84860362293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.911948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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