Quantum-Cascade Lasers: Line-Narrowing and Suppression of Flicker-Noise

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作者：
Yamanishi, Masamichi [1 ]
Hirohata, Toru [1 ]
Bartalini, Saverio [2 ]
De Natale, Paolo [2 ]
机构：
[1] Hamamatsu Photon KK, Cent Res Labs, Hamakita Ku, 5000 Hirakuchi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 4348601, Japan
[2] Inst Nazl Ott INO CNR, Largo Fermi 6, I-50125 Florence, FI, Italy
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2016 21ST OPTOELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (OECC) HELD JOINTLY WITH 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHOTONICS IN SWITCHING (PS) | 2016年
关键词：
quantum-cascade laser; linewidth; flicker-noise; INTRINSIC LINEWIDTH; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY NOISE;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
Our results on linewidths of quantum-cascade lasers are reviewed, clarifying physics underlying astonishingly narrow intrinsic linewidths similar to 100 Hz and showing possible narrowing of extrinsic linewidths down to similar to 30 kHz by suppression of electrical flicker-noise.
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