Tuning of a nonlinear THz emitter

doi:10.1364/OE.20.017678

Tuning of a nonlinear THz emitter

A. Andronico, S. Mariani, F. Ghiglieno, J. Claudon, M. Munsch, J. M. Gérard, I. Favero, S. Ducci, and G. Leo »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 16, pp. 17678-17683 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.017678

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Abstract

We numerically study a passive THz source based on difference frequency generation between modes sustained by cylindrical AlGaAs microcavities. We show that ring-like structures are advantageous in that they provide additional degrees of freedom for tuning the nonlinear process and for maximizing the nonlinear overlap integral and conversion efficiency.

OCIS Codes
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices
(190.4223) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear wave mixing

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: May 3, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 1, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 8, 2012
Published: July 19, 2012

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A. Andronico, S. Mariani, F. Ghiglieno, J. Claudon, M. Munsch, J. M. Gérard, I. Favero, S. Ducci, and G. Leo, "Tuning of a nonlinear THz emitter," Opt. Express 20, 17678-17683 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-16-17678

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E. R. Brown, K. A. McIntosh, K. B. Nichols, and C. L. Dennis, “Photomixing up to 3.8 THz in low-temperature-grown GaAs,” Appl. Phys. Lett.66, 285–287 (1995). [CrossRef]
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A. Andronico, J. Claudon, J.-M. Gérard, V. Berger, and G. Leo, “Integrated terahertz source based on three-wave mixing of whispering-gallery modes,” Opt. Lett.33, 2416–2418 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Bravo-Abad, A. W. Rodriguez, J. D. Joannopoulos, P. T. Rakich, S. G. Johnson, and M. Soljačić, “Efficient low-power terahertz generation via on-chip triply-resonant nonlinear frequency mixing,” Appl. Phys. Lett.96, 101110 (2010). [CrossRef]
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Albert, F.
Andronico, A.
Bai, Y.
Baker, C.
Bandyopadhyay, N.
Beere, H.
Belkin, M. A.
Beltram, F.
Belyanin, A.
Berger, V.
Bermel, P.
Braun, T.
Bravo-Abad, J.
Brown, E. R.
Callebaut, H.
Capasso, F.
Claudon, J.
Davies, A. G.
Dennis, C. L.
Ding, L.
Ducci, S.
Faist, J.
Favero, I.
Fischer, M.
Forchel, A.
Gérard, J.-M.
Gilbert, K.
Grosse, P.
Haus, H. A.
Heindel, T.
Hennessy, K.
Höfling, S.
Hu, E.
Hu, Q.
Iotti, R. C.
Joannopoulos, J. D.
Johnson, S. G.
Johnson, T. J.
Kamp, M.
Kekatpure, R. D.
Kim, H.
Köhler, R.
Kumar, S.
Langer, F.
Lee, K. H.
Lemaître, A.
Leo, G.
Linfield, E. H.
Lu, Q. Y.
Malik, N. S.
McIntosh, K. A.
Michael, C. P.
Munsch, M.
Nichols, K. B.
Painter, O.
Pieczarka, M. M.
Rakich, P. T.
Razeghi, M.
Reitzenstein, S.
Reno, J. L.
Ritchie, D. A.
Rodriguez, A.
Rodriguez, A. W.
Rossi, F.
Schlereth, T.
Schneider, C.
Senellart, P.
Slivken, S.
Soljacic, M.
Srinivasan, K.
Tonouchi, M.
Tredicucci, A.
Williams, B. S.
Wittmann, A.
Worschech, L.
Xie, F.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

E. R. Brown, K. A. McIntosh, K. B. Nichols, and C. L. Dennis, “Photomixing up to 3.8 THz in low-temperature-grown GaAs,” Appl. Phys. Lett.66, 285–287 (1995). [CrossRef]
M. A. Belkin, F. Capasso, F. Xie, A. Belyanin, M. Fischer, A. Wittmann, and J. Faist, “Room temperature tera-hertz quantum cascade laser source based on intracavity difference-frequency generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett.92, 201101 (2008). [CrossRef]
Q. Y. Lu, N. Bandyopadhyay, S. Slivken, Y. Bai, and M. Razeghi, “Room temperature single-mode terahertz sources based on intracavity difference-frequency generation in quantum cascade lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett.99, 131106 (2011). [CrossRef]
C. P. Michael, K. Srinivasan, T. J. Johnson, O. Painter, K. H. Lee, K. Hennessy, H. Kim, and E. Hu, “Wavelength-and material-dependent absorption in GaAs and AlGaAs microcavities,” Appl. Phys. Lett.90, 051108 (2007). [CrossRef]
J. Bravo-Abad, A. W. Rodriguez, J. D. Joannopoulos, P. T. Rakich, S. G. Johnson, and M. Soljačić, “Efficient low-power terahertz generation via on-chip triply-resonant nonlinear frequency mixing,” Appl. Phys. Lett.96, 101110 (2010). [CrossRef]
B. S. Williams, S. Kumar, H. Callebaut, Q. Hu, and J. L. Reno, “Terahertz quantum-cascade laser at λ ≈ 100μm using metal waveguide for mode confinement,” Appl. Phys. Lett.83, 2124–2126 (2003). [CrossRef]
F. Albert, T. Braun, T. Heindel, C. Schneider, S. Reitzenstein, S. Höfling, L. Worschech, and A. Forchel, “Whispering gallery mode lasing in electrically driven quantum dot micropillars,” Appl. Phys. Lett.97, 101108 (2010). [CrossRef]
M. Munsch, J. Claudon, N. S. Malik, K. Gilbert, P. Grosse, J.-M. Gérard, F. Albert, F. Langer, T. Schlereth, M. M. Pieczarka, S. Höfling, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, and S. Reitzenstein, “Room temperature, continuous wave lasing in microcylinder and microring quantum dot laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett.100, 031111 (2012). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

R. D. Kekatpure, “First-principles full-vectorial eigenfrequency computations for axially symmetric resonators,” J. Lightwave Technol.29, 253–259 (2011). [CrossRef]

Nat. Photon.

M. Tonouchi, “Cutting-edge terahertz technology,” Nat. Photon.1, 97–105 (2007). [CrossRef]

Nature

R. Köhler, A. Tredicucci, F. Beltram, H. Beere, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, D. A. Ritchie, R. C. Iotti, and F. Rossi, “Terahertz semiconductor-heterostructure laser,” Nature417, 156–159 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

J. Bravo-Abad, A. Rodriguez, P. Bermel, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and M. Soljačić, “Enhanced nonlinear optics in photonic-crystal microcavities,” Opt. Express15, 16161–16176 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

A. Andronico, J. Claudon, J.-M. Gérard, V. Berger, and G. Leo, “Integrated terahertz source based on three-wave mixing of whispering-gallery modes,” Opt. Lett.33, 2416–2418 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

L. Ding, C. Baker, P. Senellart, A. Lemaître, S. Ducci, G. Leo, and I. Favero, “High frequency GaAs nano-optomechanical disk resonator,” Phys. Rev. Lett.105, 263903 (2010). [CrossRef]

Other

H. A. Haus, Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics (Prentice-Hall, 1984).

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