[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 quantum cascade laser frequency combs with optical feedback

X Liao, X Wang, K Zhou, W Guan, Z Li, X Ma… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical feedback exists in most laser configurations and strongly affects laser performances
depending on the feedback strength, length, and phase. In this paper, we investigate the …

Observation of optical feedback dynamics in single-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Transient instabilities

X Qi, K Bertling, T Taimre, G Agnew, YL Lim, T Gillespie… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We provide an experimental evidence of transient instabilities (TIs) in a terahertz (THz)
quantum cascade laser (QCL) under optical feedback, in contrast to the widely accepted …

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] Terahertz imaging with self-pulsations in quantum cascade lasers under optical feedback

X Qi, K Bertling, T Taimre, YL Lim, T Gillespie, P Dean… - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The phenomenon of self-pulsation (SP) in terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs)
due to optical feedback was reported recently. In this Letter, we propose a THz imaging …

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 …

Detection sensitivity of laser feedback interferometry using a terahertz quantum cascade laser

J Keeley, K Bertling, PL Rubino, YL Lim, T Taimre… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report on the high detection sensitivity of a laser feedback interferometry scheme based
on a terahertz frequency quantum cascade laser (QCL). We show that variations on the laser …

Terahertz quantum cascade laser under optical feedback: Effects of laser self-pulsations on self-mixing signals

X Qi, K Bertling, T Taimre, G Agnew, Y Leng Lim… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this article, we explore the interplay between the self-pulsations (SPs) and self-mixing
(SM) signals generated in terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) under optical …

Frequency tuning range control in pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade lasers: Applications in interferometry

G Agnew, A Grier, T Taimre, K Bertling… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz quantum cascade-lasers (QCLs) are able to produce higher optical output power
at higher temperatures when operated in pulsed mode. Predicting a laser's behavior under …

Multi-spectral terahertz sensing: proposal for a coupled-cavity quantum cascade laser based optical feedback interferometer

X Qi, G Agnew, I Kundu, T Taimre, YL Lim, K Bertling… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We propose a laser feedback interferometer operating at multiple terahertz (THz) frequency
bands by using a pulsed coupled-cavity THz quantum cascade laser (QCL) under optical …