Direct modulation and bandwitdh measurement of terahertz quantum cascade laser
Author(s) -
Yoann Petitjean,
Fabien Destic,
S. Barbieri,
Carlo Sirtori,
Jean-Claude Mollier
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1996-756X
pISSN - 0277-786X
DOI - 10.1117/12.860335
Subject(s) - bandwidth (computing) , quantum cascade laser , cascade , laser , computer science , modulation (music) , terahertz radiation , frequency modulation , optics , physics , optoelectronics , telecommunications , acoustics , chemistry , chromatography
The authors present a home made cryogenic electro-optical probe station allowing the direct modulation of quantum cascade lasers up to 40GHz. Based on a QMC cryostat, it should make the QCL bandwidth measure possible and then help answering questions about the modulation possibilities of such a kind of laser. The experimental results will be compared to simulation bandwidth prediction based on a complete set of rate equations describing the dynamic behavior of the laser. Bandwidth will be then linked to the different intrinsic and structural parameters.
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