Ultrathin terahertz planar elements

D Hu, X Wang, S Feng, J Ye, W Sun… - Advanced Optical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Various ultrathin planar optical elements, including cylindrical lens, spherical lens, and
phase holograms, are designed based on the interface phase modulation of antenna …

Comparative analysis of quantum cascade laser modeling based on density matrices and non-equilibrium Green's functions

M Lindskog, JM Wolf, V Trinite, V Liverini, J Faist… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study the operation of an 8.5 μm quantum cascade laser based on GaInAs/AlInAs lattice
matched to InP using three different simulation models based on density matrix (DM) and …

Terahertz Bloch oscillator with a modulated bias

T Hyart, NV Alexeeva, J Mattas, KN Alekseev - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
Electrons performing Bloch oscillations in an energy band of a dc-biased superlattice in the
presence of weak dissipation can potentially generate THz fields at room temperature. The …

Optical transistor for amplification of radiation in a broadband terahertz domain

KHA Villegas, FV Kusmartsev, Y Luo, IG Savenko - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We propose a new type of optical transistor for a broadband amplification of terahertz
radiation. It is made of a graphene-superconductor hybrid, where electrons and Cooper …

Inhomogeneous origin of the interface roughness broadening of intersubband transitions

JB Khurgin - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of the interface roughness on intersubband transitions (ISTs) in quantum wells is
analyzed as an inhomogeneous broadening due to localization rather than a traditional …

Intersubband gain without global inversion through dilute nitride band engineering

MF Pereira, S Tomić - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the possibility of interconduction band gain without global inversion by
engineering the conduction band effective masses so that the upper lasing subband has an …

Measurements and simulations of the optical gain and anti-reflection coating modal reflectivity in quantum cascade lasers with multiple active region stacks

Y Bidaux, R Terazzi, A Bismuto, T Gresch… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report spectrally resolved gain measurements and simulations for quantum cascade
lasers (QCLs) composed of multiple heterogeneous stacks designed for broadband …

QUANTUM CASCADE LASER: from 3 to 26 mum

JM Wolf - 2017 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Absorption spectroscopy of gases and liquids is amongst the most widely used methods to
measure molecular concentrations. It is used in various fields, amongst them are industrial …

Quantum cascade laser: An emerging technology

A Wacker - Nonlinear Laser Dynamics: From Quantum Dots to …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) concept is extremely versatile and is now
considered to be ready for take‐off in a large variety of technological applications covering …

Ultrafast probing of light-matter interaction in a midinfrared quantum cascade laser

W Parz, T Müller, J Darmo, K Unterrainer… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we study the interaction of ultrashort midinfrared pulses with the active medium
of an In Ga As∕ In Al As∕ In P quantum cascade laser emitting at an 11.7 μ m wavelength …