[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 …

Terahertz imaging of human skin pathologies using laser feedback interferometry with quantum cascade lasers

X Qi, K Bertling, MS Stark, T Taimre, YC Kao… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Early detection of skin pathologies with current clinical diagnostic tools is challenging,
particularly when there are no visible colour changes or morphological cues present on the …

Coherent imaging using laser feedback interferometry with pulsed-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers

YL Lim, K Bertling, T Taimre, T Gillespie, C Glenn… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report a coherent terahertz (THz) imaging system that utilises a quantum cascade laser
(QCL) operating in pulsed-mode as both the source and detector. The realisation of a short …

[HTML][HTML] External cavity terahertz quantum cascade laser with a metamaterial/graphene optoelectronic mirror

NW Almond, X Qi, R Degl'Innocenti… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Photonic engineering of the terahertz emission from a quantum cascade laser (QCL) is
fundamental for the exploitation of this unique source in a myriad of applications where it …

Laser feedback interferometry in multi-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers

X Qi, G Agnew, T Taimre, S Han, YL Lim, K Bertling… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The typical modal characteristics arising during laser feedback interferometry (LFI) in multi-
mode terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are investigated in this work. To this …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz nanoscopy: Advances, challenges, and the road ahead

X Guo, K Bertling, BC Donose, M Brünig… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Exploring nanoscale material properties through light-matter interactions is essential to
unveil new phenomena and manipulate materials at the atomic level, paving the way for …

Real-time gas sensing based on optical feedback in a terahertz quantum-cascade laser

T Hagelschuer, M Wienold, H Richter, L Schrottke… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on real-time gas sensing with a terahertz quantum-cascade laser (QCL). The
method is solely based on the modulation of the external cavity length, exploiting the …

Quadrature demodulation based on lock-in amplifier technique for self-mixing interferometry displacement sensor

Z Zhang, C Li, Z Huang - Applied Optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A new self-mixing interferometry quadrature demodulation method based on a lock-in
amplifier technique is proposed. Sinusoidal phase modulation of the beam is obtained by an …

Basic phase-locking, noise, and modulation properties of optically mutual-injected terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Y Li, N Yang, Y Xie, W Chu, W Zhang, S Duan… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The phase-locking, noise, and modulation properties of two face-to-face optically mutual-
injected terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are analyzed theoretically. In the …

Tunable dual-color terahertz wave parametric oscillator based on KTP crystal

L Tang, D Xu, Y Wang, C Yan, Y He, J Li, K Zhong… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A tunable dual-color KTP terahertz (THz) wave parametric oscillator (TPO) pumped by a
dual-wavelength laser was proposed in this Letter. Theoretical analysis denotes that the …