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Linewidth and tuning characteristics of terahertz quantum cascade lasers

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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 575-577

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OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.000575

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  1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/S00392/01] Funding Source: researchfish

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We have measured the spectral linewidths of three continuous-wave quantum cascade lasers operating at terahertz frequencies by heterodyning the free-running quantum cascade laser with two far-infrared gas lasers. Beat notes are detected with a GaAs diode mixer and a microwave spectrum analyzer, permitting very precise frequency measurements and giving instantaneous linewidths of less than similar to30 kHz. Characteristics are also reported for frequency tuning as the injection current is varied. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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