Resonant second-order nonlinear optical processes in quantum cascade lasers

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作者：

Owschimikow, N

Gmachl, C

Belyanin, A

Kocharovsky, V

Sivco, DL

Colombelli, R

Capasso, F

Cho, AY

机构：

[1] Lucent Technol, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA

[2] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2003年 / 90卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.043902

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate an efficient intracavity nonlinear interaction of laser modes in a specially adapted quantum cascade laser. A two-wavelength quantum cascade laser structure emitting at wavelengths of 7.1 and 9.5 mum included cascaded resonant optical intersubband transitions in an intracavity configuration leading to resonantly enhanced sum-frequency and second-harmonic generation at wavelengths of 4.1, 3.6, and 4.7 mum, respectively. Laser peak optical powers of 60 and 80 mW resulted in 30 nW of sum-frequency signal and 10-15 nW of second-harmonic signal, both in good agreement with theoretical calculations.

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