Terahertz quantum cascade lasers as enabling quantum technology

MS Vitiello, P De Natale - Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) represent the most fascinating achievement of quantum
engineering, showing how artificial materials can be generated through quantum design …

Laser frequency combs with fast gain recovery: physics and applications

M Piccardo, F Capasso - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of semiconductor lasers with fast gain is generally considered to suppress
amplitude modulation, resulting in a frequency‐modulated output. Since their first …

On-chip optical comb sources

A Hermans, K Van Gasse, B Kuyken - APL Photonics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
On-chip integration of optical comb sources is crucial in enabling their widespread use.
Integrated photonic devices that can be mass-manufactured in semiconductor processing …

Chip-scalable, room-temperature, zero-bias, graphene-based terahertz detectors with nanosecond response time

M Asgari, E Riccardi, O Balci, D De Fazio, SM Shinde… - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
The scalable synthesis and transfer of large-area graphene underpins the development of
nanoscale photonic devices ideal for new applications in a variety of fields, ranging from …

Theory of hybrid microwave–photonic quantum devices

C Jirauschek - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Maxwell–Lindblad transmission line (MLT) equations are introduced as a
model for hybrid photonic and microwave‐electronic quantum devices. The hybrid concept …

Self‐induced phase locking of terahertz frequency combs in a phase‐sensitive hyperspectral near‐field nanoscope

V Pistore, EAA Pogna, L Viti, L Li, AG Davies… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chip‐scale, electrically‐pumped terahertz (THz) frequency‐combs (FCs) rely on nonlinear
four‐wave‐mixing processes, and have a nontrivial phase relationship between the evenly …

A review of THz technologies for rapid sensing and detection of viruses including SARS-CoV-2

N Akter, MM Hasan, N Pala - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Virus epidemics such as Ebola virus, Zika virus, MERS-coronavirus, and others have
wreaked havoc on humanity in the last decade. In addition, a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) …

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 …

Amplitude and frequency modulation with an on-chip graphene-based plasmonic terahertz nanogenerator

J Crabb, X Cantos-Roman, GR Aizin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz communication is envisioned as a key technology not only for the next generation
of macro-scale networks (eg, 6G), but also for transformative networking applications at the …

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 …