Frequency combs in quantum cascade lasers: An overview of modeling and experiments

C Silvestri, X Qi, T Taimre, K Bertling, AD Rakić - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Over the past decade, the demonstration of frequency combs has been reported in a wide
range of quantum cascade lasers. These combs have huge potential in applications …

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 …

Planarized THz quantum cascade lasers for broadband coherent photonics

U Senica, A Forrer, T Olariu, P Micheletti… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Recently, there has been a growing interest in integrated THz photonics for various
applications in communications, spectroscopy and sensing. We present a new integrated …

Terahertz optical solitons from dispersion-compensated antenna-coupled planarized ring quantum cascade lasers

P Micheletti, U Senica, A Forrer, S Cibella, G Torrioli… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) constitute an intriguing opportunity for the generation of on-
chip optical dissipative Kerr solitons (DKSs). Originally demonstrated in passive …

[HTML][HTML] Self-starting harmonic comb emission in THz quantum cascade lasers

A Forrer, Y Wang, M Beck, A Belyanin, J Faist… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Harmonic comb states have proven to be ubiquitous in mid-IR quantum cascade lasers. We
report here on robust, pure, self-starting harmonic mode locking in Copper-based double …

Physics and technology of Terahertz quantum cascade lasers

MS Vitiello, A Tredicucci - Advances in Physics: X, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Even though already in the seventies, right after the invention of the quantum cascade laser
(QCL) concept, it was argued that this device could be operated in the THz (far-infrared) …

Comb operation in terahertz quantum cascade ring lasers

M Jaidl, N Opačak, MA Kainz, S Schönhuber… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Ring resonators are an interesting alternative cavity solution to the commonly used ridge-
type waveguide for terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers. They either support a standing …

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 …

Mode-locked short pulses from an 8 μm wavelength semiconductor laser

J Hillbrand, N Opačak, M Piccardo, H Schneider… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) have revolutionized the generation of mid-infrared light. Yet,
the ultrafast carrier transport in mid-infrared QCLs has so far constituted a seemingly …

Frequency‐Modulated Combs via Field‐Enhancing Tapered Waveguides

U Senica, A Dikopoltsev, A Forrer… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Frequency‐modulated (FM) combs feature flat intensity spectra with a linear frequency chirp,
useful for metrology and sensing applications. Generating FM combs in semiconductor …