Injection locking of a terahertz quantum cascade laser to a telecommunications wavelength frequency comb

JR Freeman, L Ponnampalam, H Shams… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
High-resolution spectroscopy not only can identify atoms and molecules but also can
provide detailed information on their chemical and physical environment and relative …

Terahertz multiheterodyne spectroscopy using laser frequency combs

Y Yang, D Burghoff, DJ Hayton, JR Gao, JL Reno, Q Hu - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The terahertz region is of great importance for spectroscopy since many molecules have
absorption fingerprints there. Frequency combs based on terahertz quantum cascade lasers …

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

M Ravaro, C Manquest, C Sirtori, S Barbieri… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report the heterodyne detection and phase locking of a 2.5? THz quantum cascade laser
(QCL) using a terahertz frequency comb generated in a GaAs photomixer using a …

Terahertz laser frequency combs

D Burghoff, TY Kao, N Han, CWI Chan, X Cai… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Terahertz light can be used to identify numerous complex molecules, but has traditionally
remained unexploited due to the lack of powerful broadband sources. Pulsed lasers can be …

Coherent phase lock of a 9 μm quantum cascade laser to a 2 μm thulium optical frequency comb

AA Mills, D Gatti, J Jiang, C Mohr, W Mefford… - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate coherent phase locking of a room-temperature continuous-wave quantum
cascade laser (QCL) at 9.1 μm to a Tm-fiber laser frequency comb centered at 2 μm, with an …

Achieving comb formation over the entire lasing range of quantum cascade lasers

Y Yang, D Burghoff, J Reno, Q Hu - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Frequency combs based on quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are finding promising
applications in high-speed broadband spectroscopy in the terahertz regime, where many …

Frequency-comb-assisted terahertz quantum cascade laser spectroscopy

S Bartalini, L Consolino, P Cancio, P De Natale… - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
We report a metrological-grade THz spectroscopy based on the combination of a THz
frequency-comb synthesizer (FCS) and a THz quantum cascade laser (QCL). The QCL …

Spectral properties of THz quantum-cascade lasers: frequency noise, phase-locking and absolute frequency measurement

M Ravaro, V Jagtap, C Manquest, P Gellie… - Journal of Infrared …, 2013 - Springer
Quantum cascade lasers combine desirable features, namely high optical power and
compactness, as no other coherent source in the field of THz generation. While their …

[HTML][HTML] Shortwave quantum cascade laser frequency comb for multi-heterodyne spectroscopy

QY Lu, S Manna, DH Wu, S Slivken… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are versatile light sources with tailorable emitting
wavelengths covering the mid-infrared and terahertz spectral ranges. When the dispersion is …

Terahertz spectroscopy of gas mixtures with dual quantum cascade laser frequency combs

LA Sterczewski, J Westberg, Y Yang, D Burghoff… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Terahertz laser frequency combs based on quantum cascade lasers provide coherent,
broadband, electrically pumped, THz radiation sources for use in future spectroscopic …