Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating radiation via difference frequency generation (DFG). In one exemplary implementation, a quantum cascade laser (QCL) has a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility (?(2)) integrated in an active region of the QCL. The QCL is configured to generate first radiation at a first frequency ?1, second radiation at a second frequency ?2, and third radiation at a third frequency ?3=?1??2 based on difference frequency generation (DFG) arising from the nonlinear susceptibility. In one aspect, the QCL may be configured to generate appreciable THz radiation at room temperature.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 20, 2011
Publication date:
September 15, 2011
Applicants:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Texas A&M University System, Harvard University & Medical School
Inventors:
Mikhail A. Belkin, Federico Capasso, Alexey Belyanin
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating radiation via difference frequency generation (DFG). In one exemplary implementation, a quantum cascade laser (QCL) has a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility (?(2)) integrated in an active region of the QCL. The QCL is configured to generate first radiation at a first frequency ?1, second radiation at a second frequency ?2, and third radiation at a third frequency ?3=?1??2 based on difference frequency generation (DFG) arising from the non-linear susceptibility. In one aspect, the QCL may be configured to generate appreciable THz radiation at room temperature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2011
Assignees:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Texas A&M University System, Harvard University & Medical School
Inventors:
Mikhail A. Belkin, Federico Capasso, Alexey Belyanin