Compact all-quantum-dot-based tunable THz laser source

Abstract

We demonstrate an ultracompact, room temperature, tunable terahertz (THz) generating laser source based on difference-frequency-driven photomixing in a coplanar stripline InAs/GaAs quantum-dot (QD) antenna pumped by a broadly tunable, high power, continuous wave InAs/GaAs QD laser diode in the double-grating quasi-Littrow configuration. The dual-wavelength QD laser operating in the 1150- 1301 nm wavelength region with a maximum output power of 280 mW and with tunable difference-frequency (277 GHz to 30 THz) was used to achieve tunable THz generation in the QD antenna with a photoconductive gap of 50 μm. The best THz output performance was observed at pump wavelengths around the first excited state of the InAs/GaAs QDs (∼1160 nm), where a maximum output power of 0.6 nW at 0.83 THz was demonstrated.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2016.2633870
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: antennas,laser tuning,optical mixers,photoconductive devices,quantum dots,semiconductor lasers,terahertz radiation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Publication ISSN: 1077-260X
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024 08:14
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2017 14:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-07
Published Online Date: 2016-12-01
Accepted Date: 2016-11-27
Authors: Fedorova, Ksenia A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2765-9951)
Gorodetsky, Andrei
Rafailov, Edik U. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-4152-0120)

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