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[IEEE 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Kobe, Japan (2018.10.22-2018.10.25)] 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Fast SAW Device Simulation in COMSOL Using the Hierarchical Cascading Method
摘要： Using the hierarchical cascading method for modeling semiconductor devices makes it possible to achieve high accuracy by considering the influence of the details of the structure of the device. In this paper, we consider the simulation of a quantum cascade laser (QCL) with a periodic structure. The simulation is performed using the finite element method (FEM) in the COMSOL Multiphysics software. The results show that the proposed method allows to obtain the characteristics of the device with high accuracy.
关键词： finite element method,quantum cascade laser,COMSOL Multiphysics,simulation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A unified figure of merit for interband and intersubband cascade devices
摘要： By exploring a semi-empirical model, the saturation current density J0 is identified to manifest the significant difference in carrier lifetime between interband cascade devices (ICDs) and intersubband quantum cascade devices (QCDs). Based on this model, the values of J0 have been extracted for a large number of ICDs and QCDs from their current-voltage characteristics at room temperature. By analyzing and comparing available ICD and QCD data, we demonstrate how J0 can be used as a unified figure of merit to evaluate both interband and intersubband cascade configurations for their device functionality. The significance of J0 on the performances of mid-infrared detectors and photovoltaic cells is illustrated by comparing the measured detectivity (D*) and the estimated open-circuit voltage (Voc), respectively. From extracted values of J0, which are more than one order of magnitude lower in ICDs than that in QCDs with similar transition energies in active regions, and discussion of the consequences on device performance, the advantages of interband cascade configurations over intersubband quantum cascade configurations have been clearly revealed based on the same framework. The overall picture for both QCDs and ICDs sheds light from the perspective of a united figure of merit, which will provide useful guidance and stimulation to the future development of both ICDs and QCDs.
关键词： Saturation current density,Interband cascade,Quantum cascade,Open-circuit voltage
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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WaterSpy: A High Sensitivity, Portable Photonic Device for Pervasive Water Quality Analysis
摘要： In this paper, we present WaterSpy, a project developing an innovative, compact, cost-effective photonic device for pervasive water quality sensing, operating in the mid-IR spectral range. The approach combines the use of advanced Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) employing the Vernier effect, used as light source, with novel, fibre-coupled, fast and sensitive Higher Operation Temperature (HOT) photodetectors, used as sensors. These will be complemented by optimised laser driving and detector electronics, laser modulation and signal conditioning technologies. The paper presents the WaterSpy concept, the requirements elicited, the preliminary architecture design of the device, the use cases in which it will be validated, while highlighting the innovative technologies that contribute to the advancement of the current state of the art.
关键词： Quantum Cascade Lasers,photonics,water quality monitoring,photodetectors
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Terahertz generation in quantum-cascade lasers through down-conversion optical nonlinearity: Design and modeling
摘要： In this paper, we propose an electrically driven optically excited laser structure for terahertz (THz) generation in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) through frequency down-conversion optical nonlinearity. In our distinct design, both the pump and THz radiations are generated simultaneously by optical and electronic intersubband transitions (ISTs) between the quantized states within the conduction band of the same active region of a QCL. The modeling of laser bandstructure is achieved using a self-consistent solution of Schrodinger-Poisson equations, and the detailed analysis of electronic transport of the proposed structure is performed using the density matrix approach and energy-density balance equation that self-consistently consider the optical, electrical and thermal interactions in the structure. Additionally, the waveguide loss for the THz optical mode is considered using the bulk Drude model. Using a stationary solution of the density matrix equations, an expression for the THz intensity gain is derived as a function of pump field intensity, carrier distributions and quantum coherence contributions. Using the presented model, we analyze the steady-state and transient characteristics of the device for two different heatsink temperatures, 220 and 300 K. Simulation results show that the proposed structure has a potential to generate room-temperature THz radiation in QCLs.
关键词： Quantum-cascade laser (QCL),terahertz (THz) generation,down-conversion optical nonlinearity,density-matrix formalism
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Wideband electrically-controlled Vernier frequency tuneable terahertz quantum cascade laser
摘要： Frequency tuning in terahertz frequency quantum cascade lasers is challenging because of low thermal and current tuning coefficients. Moreover, photonic designs like Vernier selection based sampled gratings, used in telecom lasers to tune emission frequency, are unsuitable due to the long terahertz wavelengths and will require impractically long cavities (>15 mm). Here, we report the first wideband frequency tuning from a monolithic device exploiting Vernier selection rules using a coupled-cavity laser with a defect engineered photonic lattice. A precisely positioned defect lattice allows us to engineer the free spectral range and finesse of one of the cavities, similar to a sampled grating but using shorter cavity lengths (<4mm). A coupled-cavity was used to tune the emission frequency. We achieve frequency tuning over 209 GHz, including mode-hop-free continuous tuning of ~6–21 GHz across six frequency bands, controlled through Stark shift, cavity-pulling, localized Joule heating and thermal effects.
关键词： quantum cascade laser,Terahertz,frequency tuning
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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EXPRESS: Mid-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Oil Sands Minerals Based on Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers
摘要： Minerals play an important role in the oil sands extraction efficiency. It is thus important to assess the major mineral abundance in oil sands ores. This paper presents the application of tunable quantum cascade lasers for mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy on oil sands minerals. The investigations and results show a new tool to determine oil sands mineral type and to determine potentially quartz and clay contents.
关键词： Mid-infrared spectroscopy,mid-IR,reflectance spectroscopy,oil sands,QCL,quantum cascade lasers
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Ultrafast response of harmonic modelocked THz lasers
摘要： The use of fundamental modelocking to generate short terahertz (THz) pulses and THz frequency combs from semiconductor lasers has become a routine affair, using quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) as a gain medium. However, unlike classic laser diodes, no demonstrations of harmonic modelocking, active or passive, have been shown in THz QCLs, where multiple pulses per round trip are generated when the laser is modulated at the harmonics of the cavity’s fundamental round-trip frequency. Here, using time-resolved THz techniques, we show for the ?rst time harmonic injection and mode-locking in which THz QCLs are modulated at the harmonics of the round-trip frequency. We demonstrate the generation of the harmonic electrical beatnote within a QCL, its injection locking to an active modulation and its direct translation to harmonic pulse generation using the unique ultrafast nature of our approach. Finally, we show indications of self-starting harmonic emission, i.e., without external modulation, where the QCL operates exclusively on a harmonic (up to its 15th harmonic) of the round-trip frequency. This behaviour is supported by time-resolved simulations of induced gain and loss in the system and shows the importance of the electronic, as well as photonic, nature of QCLs. These results open up the prospect of passive harmonic modelocking and THz pulse generation, as well as the generation of low-noise microwave generation in the hundreds of GHz region.
关键词： harmonic modelocking,ultrafast response,THz QCLs,terahertz pulses,quantum cascade lasers
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Quantum cascade laser based hybrid dual comb spectrometer
摘要： Four-wave-mixing-based quantum cascade laser frequency combs (QCL-FC) are a powerful photonic tool, driving a recent revolution in major molecular fingerprint regions, i.e. mid- and far-infrared domains. Their compact and frequency-agile design, together with their high optical power and spectral purity, promise to deliver an all-in-one source for the most challenging spectroscopic applications. Here, we demonstrate a metrological-grade hybrid dual comb spectrometer, combining the advantages of a THz QCL-FC with the accuracy and absolute frequency referencing provided by a free-standing, optically-rectified THz frequency comb. A proof-of-principle application to methanol molecular transitions is presented. The multi-heterodyne molecular spectra retrieved provide state-of-the-art results in line-center determination, achieving the same precision as currently available molecular databases. The devised setup provides a solid platform for a new generation of THz spectrometers, paving the way to more refined and sophisticated systems exploiting full phase control of QCL-FCs, or Doppler-free spectroscopic schemes.
关键词： frequency comb,spectroscopy,Quantum cascade laser,metrology,terahertz
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Temperature evolution in a pulsed CO<sub>2</sub>-N<sub>2</sub> glow discharge measured using quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy
摘要： This work uses in situ narrowband Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) absorption spectroscopy to study the effect of N2 on the time evolution of gas temperature, rotational temperature and the vibrational temperatures of CO2 and CO in a pulsed glow discharge. Three colinear QCLs are used to scan three regions of about 1 cm?1 between 2179.20 and 2253.51 cm?1, including (v1, vl2 2 , v3 + 1) → (v1, vl2 2 , v3) CO2 transitions up to the asymmetric stretch level v3 = 6, as well as (vCO) → (vCO +1) CO transitions up to vCO = 1. A fitting routine is used to extract temperatures from the measured absorption spectra. The time resolved measurements are performed in CO2, admixed with up to 90% N2, with the plasma operated with a 5-10 ms on-off cycle, a discharge current of 50 mA and a pressure of around 6.7 mbar. The time evolution of the gas temperature has been measured and agrees well with the time evolution of the rotational temperature. The asymmetric stretch vibrational temperature T3 of CO2 reaches a maximum of 1060 K at 0.7 ms for pure CO2, while T3 goes up to 2250 K for a N2 content of 90% and stays constant until the plasma is switched off. Both T3 and the vibrational temperature of CO TCO show a clear non-equilibrium with respect to the rotational temperature Trot. Both do not equilibrate with the rotational temperature Trot between consecutive plasma cycles for a N2 content above 70%, although T3 and TCO always equilibrate with each other in the afterglow. The symmetric stretch and bending mode temperature T12 is elevated more with respect to the rotational temperature for increasing N2 content, while the maximum of the rotational temperature decreases for increasing N2 admixtures, which might be attributed to the energy stored in the vibrational modes of N2, CO2 and CO. Additionally, an indication of an increase in the total pressure during the plasma on-time due to heating and a subsequent decrease in the afterglow due to cooling was found for a pure CO2 plasma.
关键词： glow discharge,carbon dioxide plasma,vibrational temperature,gas temperature,quantum cascade laser
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Highly efficient surface-emitting semiconductor lasers exploiting quasi-crystalline distributed feedback photonic patterns
摘要： Quasi-crystal distributed feedback lasers do not require any form of mirror cavity to amplify and extract radiation. Once implemented on the top surface of a semiconductor laser, a quasi-crystal pattern can be used to tune both the radiation feedback and the extraction of highly radiative and high-quality-factor optical modes that do not have a defined symmetric or anti-symmetric nature. Therefore, this methodology offers the possibility to achieve efficient emission, combined with tailored spectra and controlled beam divergence. Here, we apply this concept to a one-dimensional quantum cascade wire laser. By lithographically patterning a series of air slits with different widths, following the Octonacci sequence, on the top metal layer of a double-metal quantum cascade laser operating at THz frequencies, we can vary the emission from single-frequency-mode to multimode over a 530-GHz bandwidth, achieving a maximum peak optical power of 240 mW (190 mW) in multimode (single-frequency-mode) lasers, with record slope efficiencies for multimode surface-emitting disordered THz lasers up to ≈570 mW/A at 78 K and ≈720 mW/A at 20 K and wall-plug efficiencies of η ≈ 1%.
关键词： quantum cascade laser,surface-emitting,Quasi-crystal,THz frequencies,Octonacci sequence,semiconductor lasers,distributed feedback
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01