Modeling of quantum cascade laser sources with giant optical nonlinearities

Christian Jirauschek

doi:10.1109/IWCE.2015.7301968

Modeling of quantum cascade laser sources with giant optical nonlinearities

Christian Jirauschek

Associate Professorship of Computational Photonics

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Abstract

A characteristic feature of the quantum cascade laser (QCL) is that the optical properties of the active region can be custom-tailored by quantum engineering. Recently, the possibility to integrate giant artificial optical nonlinearities has enabled various novel applications, such as room temperature terahertz generation based on difference frequency mixing and the QCL-based generation of mid-infrared and terahertz frequency combs. We extend established modeling approaches, such as the ensemble Monte Carlo method, to the simulation of such nonlinear optical QCL sources. The obtained theoretical results are shown to be consistent with available experimental data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780692515235
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IWCE.2015.7301968
State	Published - 19 Oct 2015
Event	18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015 - West Lafayette, United States Duration: 2 Sep 2015 → 4 Sep 2015

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Name	18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015

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Conference	18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	West Lafayette
Period	2/09/15 → 4/09/15

Keywords

Quantum cascade lasers
frequency conversion
laser mode locking
nonlinear optical devices
optical mixing

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Jirauschek, C 2015, Modeling of quantum cascade laser sources with giant optical nonlinearities. in 18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015., 7301968, 18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015, West Lafayette, United States, 2/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWCE.2015.7301968

Modeling of quantum cascade laser sources with giant optical nonlinearities. / Jirauschek, Christian.
18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7301968 (18th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2015).

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