Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 52, Issue 9, 91302(2015)

Photonic Integrated Circuit for Generation of Terahertz Pumping Source by Difference-Frequency Generation

Sun Mengdie*, Tan Shaoyang, Guo Fei, Liu Songtao, Lu Dan, and Ji Chen
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    To approach a high-efficiency, chip-size and widely tunable room temperature semiconductor terahertz (THz) frequency beating optical pumping beam source, an optical-integrated design is adopted. Two multipled distribute feedback (DFB) semiconductor lasers and a multimode interference (MMI) coupler are monolithically integrated on InP based substrate for terahertz frequency beating optical pumping beam generation. The designed Bragg wavelength spacing of the two DFBs is 4.8 nm (0.6 THz). The Bragg wavelength of the two DFBs can be tuned by the injected current. Each of them can red-shift by 3.9 nm. The output THz beating optical beam of the opticalintegrated chip can be coupled into the frequency resolved optical gate (FROG) through single mode fiber. By changing the injected current of the DFBs, room temperature THz frequency beating optical pumping beam source with a tunable frequency range of 0.184~1.02 THz is demonstrated.

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    Sun Mengdie, Tan Shaoyang, Guo Fei, Liu Songtao, Lu Dan, Ji Chen. Photonic Integrated Circuit for Generation of Terahertz Pumping Source by Difference-Frequency Generation[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2015, 52(9): 91302

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Feb. 15, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 28, 2015

    The Author Email: Mengdie Sun (mdsun@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/lop52.091302

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