Abstract
We propose a coupled microdisk laser as a compact and tunable laser source for the generation of a coherent continuous-wave terahertz radiation by photomixing. Using the Schrödinger–Bloch model including the nonlinear effect of active medium, we find single-mode and two-mode lasings depending on the pumping strength. We explain the transitions of lasing modes in terms of resonant modes that are the solutions of the Schrödinger–Bloch model without active medium and nonlinear interaction. In particular, a two-mode lasing is shown to generate a terahertz oscillating frequency originating from the light beating of two nearly degenerated resonant modes with different symmetries.
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