Phase locking and spectral linewidth width of a two-mode terahertz quantum cascade laser

A. Baryshev; J. N. Hovenier; A. J.L. Adam; I. Kašalynas; J. R. Gao; T. O. Klaassen; B. S. Williams; S. Kumar; Q. Hu; J. L. Reno

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Phase locking and spectral linewidth width of a two-mode terahertz quantum cascade laser

A. Baryshev^*
, J. N. Hovenier
, A. J.L. Adam
, I. Kašalynas
, J. R. Gao
, T. O. Klaassen
, B. S. Williams
, S. Kumar
, Q. Hu
, J. L. Reno

^*Corresponding author for this work

ImPhys/Adam group

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We have studied the phase locking and spectral linewidth of an ∼2.7 THz quantum cascade laser by mixing its two lateral lasing modes. The beat signal at about 8 GHz is compared with a microwave reference by applying conventional phase lock loop circuitry with feedback to the laser bias current. Phase locking has been demonstrated, resulting in a narrow beat linewidth of less than 10 Hz. Under frequency stabilization we find that the terahertz line profile is essentially Lorentzian with a minimum linewidth of ∼6.3 kHz. Power dependent measurements suggest that this linewidth does not approach the Schawlow-Townes limit.

Original language	English
Article number	031115
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2227624
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Phase locking and spectral linewidth width of a two-mode terahertz quantum cascade laser

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