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  • Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9,
  • Issue 11,
  • pp. 110003-
  • (2011)

Quantum cascade lasers operating from 1.4 to 4 THz (Invited Paper)

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Abstract

The development of teranertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) has progressed considerably since their advent almost a decade ago. THz QCLs operating in a frequency range from 1.4 to 4 THz with electron-phonon scattering mediated depopulation schemes are described. Several different types of GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice designs are reviewed. Some of the best temperature performances are obtained by the so-called resonant-phonon designs that are described. Operation above a temperature of 160 K has been obtained across the spectrum for THz QCLs operating at ν >1.8 THz. The maximum operating temperature of previously reported THz QCLs has empirically been limited to a value of ~ħѡ/kB. A new design scheme for THz QCLs with scattering-assisted injection is shown to surpass this empirical temperature barrier, and is promising to improve the maximum operating temperatures of THz QCLs even further.

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