Terahertz Sources Based on Metrological‐Grade Frequency Combs

E Riccardi, V Pistore, L Consolino… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband metrological‐grade frequency comb (FC) synthesizers with a rich number of
phase locked modes are the ideal sources for quantum sensing and quantum metrology. At …

[HTML][HTML] On-chip, self-detected terahertz dual-comb source

M Rösch, G Scalari, G Villares, L Bosco, M Beck… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We present a directly generated on-chip dual-comb source at terahertz (THz) frequencies.
The multi-heterodyne beating signal of two free-running THz quantum cascade laser …

Adaptive sampling dual terahertz comb spectroscopy using dual free-running femtosecond lasers

T Yasui, R Ichikawa, YD Hsieh, K Hayashi… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Terahertz (THz) dual comb spectroscopy (DCS) is a promising method for high-accuracy,
high-resolution, broadband THz spectroscopy because the mode-resolved THz comb …

Terahertz frequency combs exploiting an on-chip, solution-processed, graphene-quantum cascade laser coupled-cavity

FP Mezzapesa, K Garrasi, J Schmidt, L Salemi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ability to engineer quantum-cascade-lasers (QCLs) with ultrabroad gain spectra, and
with a full compensation of the group velocity dispersion, at terahertz (THz) frequencies, is …

[HTML][HTML] Self-consistent simulations of intracavity terahertz comb difference frequency generation by mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

J Popp, L Seitner, MA Schreiber, M Haider… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Portable terahertz (THz) frequency comb sources are highly desired for applications in
rotational molecular spectroscopy and sensing. To date, direct THz quantum cascade laser …

High efficiency quantum cascade laser frequency comb

Q Lu, D Wu, S Slivken, M Razeghi - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
An efficient mid-infrared frequency comb source is of great interest to high speed, high
resolution spectroscopy and metrology. Here we demonstrate a mid-IR quantum cascade …

High dynamic range, heterogeneous, terahertz quantum cascade lasers featuring thermally tunable frequency comb operation over a broad current range

K Garrasi, FP Mezzapesa, L Salemi, L Li… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report on the engineering of broadband quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) emitting at
Terahertz (THz) frequencies, which exploit a heterogeneous active region scheme and have …

Recent progress in terahertz difference-frequency quantum cascade laser sources

K Fujita, S Jung, Y Jiang, JH Kim, A Nakanishi, A Ito… - …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Terahertz quantum cascade laser (QCL) sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency
generation are currently the only electrically pumped monolithic semiconductor light sources …

Agile THz-range spectral multiplication of frequency combs using a multi-wavelength laser

S Abdollahi, M Ladouce, P Marin-Palomo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A breakthrough technology, on-chip frequency comb sources offer broadband combs while
being compact, energy-efficient, and cost-effective solutions for various applications from …

Sculpting harmonic comb states in terahertz quantum cascade lasers by controlled engineering

E Riccardi, MA Justo Guerrero, V Pistore, L Seitner… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Optical frequency combs (OFCs), which establish a rigid phase-coherent link between the
microwave and optical domains of the electromagnetic spectrum, are emerging as key high …