Heterodyne detection of intracavity generated terahertz radiation

Maik Scheller; Abram G. Young; Joe M. Yarborough; Jerome V. Moloney; Stephan W. Koch; Christian Y.Drouet D'Aubigny; Christopher K. Walker

doi:10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2189438

Heterodyne detection of intracavity generated terahertz radiation

Maik Scheller, Abram G. Young, Joe M. Yarborough, Jerome V. Moloney, Stephan W. Koch, Christian Y.Drouet D'Aubigny, Christopher K. Walker

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Abstract

Heterodyne detection is used to characterize the terahertz (THz) emission of a novel room-temperature continuous wave source based on difference frequency generation within the cavity of a dual-color vertical external cavity surface emitting laser. Employing the high intracavity intensities allows for the generation of mW powers in a wide frequency range within the terahertz spectrum. Experimental results of heterodyne detection are presented for the emission frequencies of 820 GHz and 1.9 THz using Schottky and hot electron bolometer mixers. Simultaneous emission of multiple narrow-line THz frequency components is observed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6180030
Pages (from-to)	271-277
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2189438
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Local oscillators
nonlinear optical devices
semiconductor lasers
terahertz (THz)

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Radiation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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