Monolithic frequency comb platform based on interband cascade lasers and detectors

被引：76

作者：

Schwarz, Benedikt ^{[1
]}

Hillbrand, Johannes ^{[1
]}

Beiser, Maximilian ^{[1
]}

Andrews, Aaron Maxwell ^{[1
]}

Strasser, Gottfried ^{[1
,2
]}

Detz, Hermann ^{[2
,3
]}

Schade, Anne ^{[4
]}

Weih, Robert ^{[5
]}

Hoefling, Sven ^{[4
,6
]}

机构：

[1] TU Wien, Inst Solid State Elect, Vienna, Austria

[2] TU Wien, Ctr Micro & Nanostruct, Vienna, Austria

[3] Brno Univ Technol, Cent European Inst Technol, Brno, Czech Republic

[4] Univ Wurzburg, Phys Inst, Tech Phys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany

[5] Nanoplus Nanosyst & Technol GmbH, D-97218 Gerbrunn, Germany

[6] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, SUPA, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

OPTICA | 2019年 / 6卷 / 07期

基金：

奥地利科学基金会;

关键词：

HETERODYNE-DETECTION; GENERATION; COHERENCE; GHZ;

D O I：

10.1364/OPTICA.6.000890

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

New insights into the laser dynamics of interband cascade lasers reveal the possibility to generate frequency-modulated combs by utilizing their inherent gain nonlinearity. The resulting comb state is characterized by chirped instantaneous frequency, which appears to be universal to frequency combs based on gain-induced four-wave mixing. The fast dynamics in the injectors further allow the realization of exceptionally sensitive and high-speed photodetectors, operating at room temperature, using the very same epilayer structure. With the capability of integrating frequency combs and ultra-fast detectors on a single chip consuming less than a watt of electric power, interband cascade laser technology provides a complete and unmatched platform for future monolithic and battery-driven dual-comb spectrometers. Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

引用

页码：890 / 895

页数：6

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