Journal
ACS PHOTONICS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 784-791Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01629
Keywords
terahertz; quantum cascade laser; frequency comb; injection locking; domain formation
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- H2020 European Research Council [724344, 766719]
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [200020-165639]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200020_165639] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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We present homogeneous quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) emitting around 3 THz which display bandwidths up to 950 GHz with a single stable beatnote. Devices are spontaneously operating in a harmonic comb state, and when in a dense mode regime, they can be injection locked at the cavity roundtrip frequency with very small RF powers down to -55 dBm. When operated in the electrically unstable region of negative differential resistance, the device displays ultrabroadband operation exceeding 1.83 THz (Delta f/f = 50%) with high phase noise, exhibiting selfsustained, periodic voltage oscillations. The low CW threshold (115 A cm(-2)) and broadband comb operation (Delta f/f = 25%) make these sources extremely appealing for on-chip frequency comb applications.
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