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Broadband metasurface design for terahertz quantum-cascade VECSEL

Journal

ELECTRONICS LETTERS
Volume 56, Issue 23, Pages 1264-1266

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INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
DOI: 10.1049/el.2020.1963

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  1. US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-NA-0003525]
  2. National Science Foundation [1407711, 1711892]
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNX16AC73G, 80NSSC19K0700]
  4. Directorate For Engineering [1407711, 1711892] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  5. Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys [1407711, 1711892] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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A broadband active metasurface is designed around quantum-cascade (QC) gain material for use in a broadband tunable QC vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL). The metasurface is based on a unit cell containing two resonant waveguide elements that couple with the periodicity of the metasurface to produce a multi-resonant reflection spectrum. Simulated reflectance spectra exhibit full-width half-maximum bandwidths up to 50% of the centre frequency. The tested QC-VECSEL demonstrates up to 15 mW of peak pulse power at 77 K and supports multimode lasing from 2.85 to 3.9 THz (>30% fractional bandwidth around 3.37 THz). The frequency coverage is limited by how short the cavity can be made, rather than the metasurface bandwidth. Consistent multimoding results from non-uniform distribution of spectral energy across the surface.

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