Tunable mid‐infrared generation by difference frequency mixing of diode laser wavelengths in intersubband InGaAs/AlAs quantum wells
作者:
H. C. Chui,
G. L. Woods,
M. M. Fejer,
E. L. Martinet,
J. S. Harris,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 66,
issue 3
页码: 265-267
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1063/1.113512
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We demonstrate difference frequency generation (DFG) of 8.66–11.34 &mgr;m wavelength light in intersubband InGaAs/AlAs quantum wells by mixing of 1.92 &mgr;m±25 nm and 2.39 &mgr;m±39 nm. The peak DFG second order nonlinear susceptibility &khgr;(2)is measured to be 12±1 nm/V, more than 65 times that of GaAs, at a difference frequency output wavelength of 9.50 &mgr;m. The intersubband absorption for the 1–2 and 1–3 transitions is measured to be 9.3 and 2.1 &mgr;m, respectively. Second harmonic generation (SHG) of 4.76, 5.12, and 5.36 &mgr;m light with a CO2laser is observed with a peak SHG &khgr;(2)of 52±3 nm/V. Good agreement of experiment with theory is found for both the linear and nonlinear optical properties. This demonstration of mid‐infrared DFG opens the possibility for monolithic diode laser pumps and compact waveguide frequency converters as tunable midinfrared sources. ©1995 American Institute of Physics.
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