Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 11, 1114003(2020)

Self-Mixing Interferometry with Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers

Zhaolong Xu1, Yan Xie2、*, Yingxin Wang2, Ziran Zhao2, Weidong Chu3、**, and Dejun Feng1、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
  • 2Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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    Schematic of self-mixing interference F-P cavity model
    Schematic of THz-QCL self-mixing interference spectral analysis system
    Self-mixing signal and spectrum of THz-QCL when I=0.645 A. (a) Self-mixing signal; (b) spectrogram
    Measured laser spectra under different ΔLtotal when I=0.645 A
    Laser spectra under different driving currents
    Self-mixing signal and spectrum of terminal voltage of THz-QCL when I=0.7 A. (a) Self-mixing signal; (b) spectrogram
    Comparison of self-mixing interference signals with theoretical simulations under different currents. (a) I=0.623 A; (b) I=0.645 A; (c) I=0.655 A
    • Table 1. Calculated results of feedback optical coupling coefficients and linewidth enhancement factors under different driving currents

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      Table 1. Calculated results of feedback optical coupling coefficients and linewidth enhancement factors under different driving currents

      I/ACα
      0.6230.0020±0.0005-0.092±0.001
      0.6450.5992±0.0194-0.198±0.045
      0.6550.6195±0.0180-0.702±0.050
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    Zhaolong Xu, Yan Xie, Yingxin Wang, Ziran Zhao, Weidong Chu, Dejun Feng. Self-Mixing Interferometry with Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(11): 1114003

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Feb. 1, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 16, 2020

    Published Online: Jun. 10, 2020

    The Author Email: Yan Xie (xie_yan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn), Weidong Chu (chu_weidong@iapcm.ac.cn), Dejun Feng (dejunfeng@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1114003

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