2.32 THz quantum cascade laser frequencylocked to the harmonic of a microwave synthesizer source

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 27908-27914

  Danylov, Andriy A ^a   Light, Alexander R ^a   Waldman, Jerry ^a   Erickson, Neal R ^b   Qian, Xifeng ^a   Goodhue, William D ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY DRIFTS; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; HARMONIC MIXING; MICROWAVE SOURCES; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIZERS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SHORT-TERM FREQUENCY; SIGNAL PORTS; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; WAVEGUIDE MIXERS;

FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; STABILIZATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84870582949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.027908     Document Type: Article

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