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 …

[HTML][HTML] Short pulse generation from a graphene-coupled passively mode-locked terahertz laser

E Riccardi, V Pistore, S Kang, L Seitner, A De Vetter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The generation of stable trains of ultrashort (femtosecond to picosecond), terahertz-
frequency radiation pulses with large instantaneous intensities is an underlying requirement …

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 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 …

Analytical theory of frequency-modulated combs: generalized mean-field theory, complex cavities, and harmonic states

L Humbard, D Burghoff - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Frequency-modulated (FM) combs with a linearly-chirped frequency and nearly constant
intensity occur naturally in certain laser systems; they can be most succinctly described by a …

Self‐Induced Mode‐Locking in Electrically Pumped Far‐Infrared Random Lasers

A Di Gaspare, V Pistore, E Riccardi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mode locking, the self‐starting synchronous oscillation of electromagnetic modes in a laser
cavity, is the primary way to generate ultrashort light pulses. In random lasers, without a …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon integrated terahertz quantum cascade ring laser frequency comb

M Jaidl, N Opačak, MA Kainz, D Theiner… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate terahertz quantum cascade lasers realized in “ideal” ring resonators
without discontinuities from, eg, contacting pads. We realize this by mounting rings episide …

[HTML][HTML] Broadband surface-emitting THz laser frequency combs with inverse-designed integrated reflectors

U Senica, S Gloor, P Micheletti, D Stark, M Beck… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
THz quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) based on double metal waveguides feature
broadband and high-temperature devices for their use in spectroscopy and sensing …

Gapless tuning of quantum cascade laser frequency combs with external cavity optical feedback

CC Teng, J Westberg, G Wysocki - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present the operation of quantum cascade laser frequency combs in an external cavity
configuration. Experimental observations show dependence of comb repetition rate and …

Controlled generation of harmonic states in mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency combs by external cavity optical feedback

B Huang, N Kosan, G Wysocki - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the implementation of external cavity optical feedback to improve
coherence and promote generation of harmonic states by a mid-infrared quantum cascade …