First experiments and prospects of intracavity difference -frequency generation of mid/far-infrared and terahertz radiation in diode lasers

Our experimental and theoretical investigations in the field of new semiconductor sources of coherent mid/far-IR radiation based on the intracavity nonlinear mixing of close-in-frequency optical fields in dual-wavelength diode lasers are reviewed. Perspective schemes of quantum-well heterolasers of this kind are considered, and the ways of increasing the power of difference-frequency radiation are suggested, including the use of mode-locked lasers and hybrid surface-emitting grating-outcoupled lasers. © 2008 IEEE.

Aleshkin, V. Y., Kukushkin, V. A., Maremyanin, K. V., Morozov, S. V., Nekorkin, S. M., Zvonkov, B. N., ... Kocharovsky, V. V.

Aleshkin, Vladimir Ya||Kukushkin, Vladimir A||Maremyanin, Kirill V||Morozov, Sergey V||Nekorkin, Sergey M||Zvonkov, Boris N||Andrianov, Alexey V||Belyanin, Alexey A||Biryukov, Anton A||Dubinov, Alexander A||Ershov, Alexey V||Gavrilenko, Vladimir I||Kocharovsky, Vitaly V||Kocharovsky, Vladimir V

First experiments and prospects of intracavity difference -frequency generation of mid/far-infrared and terahertz radiation in diode lasers Conference Paper