[HTML][HTML] Phase-locking to a free-space terahertz comb for metrological-grade terahertz lasers

L Consolino, A Taschin, P Bartolini, S Bartalini… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Optical frequency comb synthesizers have represented a revolutionary approach to
frequency metrology, providing a grid of frequency references for any laser emitting within …

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

E Riccardi, MAJ 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous terahertz quantum cascade lasers exceeding 1.9 THz spectral bandwidth and featuring dual comb operation

M Rösch, M Beck, MJ Süess, D Bachmann… - …, 2018 - degruyter.com
We report on a heterogeneous active region design for terahertz quantum cascade laser
based frequency combs. Dynamic range, spectral bandwidth and output power have been …

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 …

Self-starting harmonic frequency comb generation in a quantum cascade laser

D Kazakov, M Piccardo, Y Wang, P Chevalier… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs, establish a rigid phase-coherent link between microwave and
optical domains and are emerging as high-precision tools in an increasing number of …

[HTML][HTML] Direct observation of terahertz frequency comb generation in difference-frequency quantum cascade lasers

L Consolino, M Nafa, M De Regis, F Cappelli… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency
generation from mid-IR devices are an important asset for applications in rotational …

Tunable and compact dispersion compensation of broadband THz quantum cascade laser frequency combs

FP Mezzapesa, V Pistore, K Garrasi, L Li, AG Davies… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Miniaturized frequency combs (FCs) can be self-generated at terahertz (THz) frequencies
through four-wave mixing in the cavity of a quantum cascade laser (QCL). To date, however …