Inversionless amplification of coherent terahertz radiation
Author(s) -
C. Janke,
P. Haring Bolívar,
A. Bartels,
H. Kurz,
H. Künzel
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.67.155206
Subject(s) - terahertz radiation , common emitter , physics , optics , terahertz spectroscopy and technology , terahertz gap , semiconductor , radiation , optoelectronics , laser , far infrared laser , terahertz metamaterials
We experimentally demonstrate inversionless amplification of the emission from electronic transitions in a solid state system inside a cavity. A semiconductor-based terahertz (THz) emitter is exposed to a coherent, phasematched THz background field during the emission process leading to an increase in the overall emitted THz power of more than one order of magnitude. The experimental concept and results are discussed within a three-level model and an extended density matrix approach
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