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Performance metrics of an electronically-tunable IR laser as a source for continuous-wave 1550 nm photomixers

D. J. Burdette, J. J. M. Law, J. R. Middendorf, H. L. Mosbacker, C. Roedig, W. Zhang, E. R. Brown, 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
This paper reports on the performance of an electrically-tuned IR laser package used to drive 1550 nm continuous-wave photomixers. Unlike other 1550 nm based drive lasers that select the THz output frequency by temperature-tuning the IR laser wavelength, the pump lasers used in this study can be electronically tuned across the entire C-band, allowing quick selection of the THz output frequency in the 100 GHz-1200 GHz band. This work has implications for real-time, multi-frequency imaging applications
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2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 201409, 1
2014