Detection of mid-IR radiation by sum frequency generation for free space optical communication

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 537-544

  Karstad, Ketil ^a,c   Stefanov, André ^a   Wegmuller, Mark ^a   Zbinden, Hugo ^a   Gisin, Nicolas ^a   Aellen, Thierry ^b   Beck, Mattias ^b   Faist, Jérôme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mid infrared detection; Quantum cascade laser; Sum frequency generation

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON;

MID-INFRARED DETECTION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 9344255519     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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