Generation of tunable far-infrared radiation with a quantum cascade laser

Opt Lett. 2002 Apr 1;27(7):521-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.27.000521.

Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of cw tunable far-infrared radiation by mixing a quantum cascade laser and a CO>(2) laser in a W-Ni metal-insulator-metal diode. The first known spectroscopic application to the recording of an H(79)Br transition near 4.47 THz is reported.