Laser feedback interferometry: a tutorial on the self-mixing effect for coherent sensing

T Taimre, M Nikolić, K Bertling, YL Lim… - Advances in Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
This tutorial presents a guided tour of laser feedback interferometry, from its origin and early
development through its implementation to a slew of sensing applications, including …

Terahertz imaging using quantum cascade lasers—a review of systems and applications

P Dean, A Valavanis, J Keeley, K Bertling… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The terahertz (THz) frequency quantum cascade laser (QCL) is a compact source of THz
radiation offering high power, high spectral purity and moderate tunability. As such, these …

[图书][B] Semiconductor lasers and theory

J Ohtsubo, J Ohtsubo - 2017 - Springer
In this chapter, we discuss the oscillation conditions for semiconductor lasers and, then,
derive the rate equations, which are the starting points of the study of chaotic dynamics in …

[HTML][HTML] Sensing and imaging using laser feedback interferometry with quantum cascade lasers

AD Rakić, T Taimre, K Bertling, YL Lim, P Dean… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are high-power sources of coherent radiation in the
midinfrared and terahertz (THz) bands. Laser feedback interferometry (LFI) is one of the …

Intrinsic stability of quantum cascade lasers against optical feedback

FP Mezzapesa, LL Columbo, M Brambilla… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We study the time dependence of the optical power emitted by terahertz and mid-IR
quantum cascade lasers in presence of optical reinjection and demonstrate unprecedented …

[HTML][HTML] On-chip, self-detected terahertz dual-comb source

M Rösch, G Scalari, G Villares, L Bosco, M Beck… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We present a directly generated on-chip dual-comb source at terahertz (THz) frequencies.
The multi-heterodyne beating signal of two free-running THz quantum cascade laser …

Recent developments of terahertz quantum cascade lasers

G Liang, T Liu, QJ Wang - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are semiconductor-based electrically
pumped laser sources that are based on electron transitions between the subbands in the …

Swept-frequency feedback interferometry using terahertz frequency QCLs: a method for imaging and materials analysis

AD Rakić, T Taimre, K Bertling, YL Lim, P Dean… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The terahertz (THz) frequency quantum cascade laser (QCL) is a compact source of high-
power radiation with a narrow intrinsic linewidth. As such, THz QCLs are extremely …

Harmonic active mode locking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers

C Silvestri, X Qi, T Taimre, AD Rakić - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We present a numerical study of the active harmonic mode locking (HML) of quantum
cascade lasers (QCLs) in the terahertz (THz) spectral range. This is a recently …

Solving self-mixing equations for arbitrary feedback levels: a concise algorithm

R Kliese, T Taimre, AAA Bakar, YL Lim, K Bertling… - Applied …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Self-mixing laser sensors show promise for a wide range of sensing applications, including
displacement, velocimetry, and fluid flow measurements. Several techniques have been …