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On CHip terahertz frequency Combs
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| Coordinator |
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
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| Coordinator Country | Switzerland [CH] |
| Total cost | 1˙999˙055 € |
| EC max contribution | 1˙999˙055 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) |
| Code Call | ERC-2016-COG |
| Funding Scheme | ERC-COG |
| Starting year | 2017 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2017-03-01 to 2022-02-28 |
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| 1 | EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH | CH (ZUERICH) | coordinator | 1˙999˙055.00 |
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Project objective
The terahertz (THz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is the junction between optics and electronics. THz is a gate to sensing applications and spectroscopy as well as appealing for material inspection, non-invasive imaging for safety and medical applications and short-range high data rate wireless communication which are being extended to higher frequencies entering the THz range. Optical frequency combs have dominated the scene of laser physics in the last 10 years revolutionizing many fields of optics from metrology to high precision spectroscopy. Optical frequency combs act as rulers in the frequency domain and are characterized by their perfectly equally spaced and coherent modes. An extremely appealing application of optical frequency combs is the so-called dual-comb spectroscopy where multi-heterodyne detection is performed allowing Fourier transform spectroscopy with high resolution, high sensitivity and no moving parts. The objective of this proposal is to create on-chip, self-referenced frequency combs operating in the spectral region from 1.5-5-5 THz. Two main approaches will be followed: direct generation with THz QC lasers (cryogenically cooled) and room temperature non-linear generation by means of Mid-IR QCL combs. Such devices will be groundbreaking since they will allow high resolution THz spectroscopy and they will pave the way to high-rate local data transmission and coherent communication. We recently demonstrated octave spanning lasing from a THz QCL: this will constitute the foundation of our efforts. The developed combs will be implemented in the extremely powerful dual-comb scheme with innovative on-chip self-stabilization and detection of the multi-heterodyne signals. The self-referencing and the independence from an external detector makes the proposed devices disruptive due to their extreme compactness, intrinsic stability and large bandwidth.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Andres Forrer, Lorenzo Bosco, Mattias Beck, Jérôme Faist, Giacomo Scalari RF Injection of THz QCL Combs at 80 K Emitting over 700 GHz Spectral Bandwidth published pages: 9, ISSN: 2304-6732, DOI: 10.3390/photonics7010009 |
Photonics 7/1 | 2020-01-30 |
| 2018 |
C. G. Derntl, G. Scalari, D. Bachmann, M. Beck, J. Faist, K. Unterrainer, J. Darmo Gain dynamics in a heterogeneous terahertz quantum cascade laser published pages: 181102, ISSN: 0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063/1.5049384 |
Applied Physics Letters 113/18 | 2019-10-08 |
| 2019 |
L. Bosco, M. Franckié, G. Scalari, M. Beck, A. Wacker, J. Faist Thermoelectrically cooled THz quantum cascade laser operating up to 210 K published pages: 10601, ISSN: 0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063/1.5110305 |
Applied Physics Letters 115/1 | 2019-09-04 |
| 2019 |
Francesco Cappelli, Luigi Consolino, Giulio Campo, Iacopo Galli, Davide Mazzotti, Annamaria Campa, Mario Siciliani de Cumis, Pablo Cancio Pastor, Roberto Eramo, Markus Rösch, Mattias Beck, Giacomo Scalari, Jérôme Faist, Paolo De Natale, Saverio Bartalini Retrieval of phase relation and emission profile of quantum cascade laser frequency combs published pages: , ISSN: 1749-4885, DOI: 10.1038/s41566-019-0451-1 |
Nature Photonics | 2019-06-27 |
| 2019 |
Giacomo Scalari, Jérôme Faist, Nathalie Picqué On-chip mid-infrared and THz frequency combs for spectroscopy published pages: 150401, ISSN: 0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063/1.5097933 |
Applied Physics Letters 114/15 | 2019-09-04 |
| 2018 |
Andres Forrer, Markus Rösch, Matthew Singleton, Mattias Beck, Jérôme Faist, Giacomo Scalari Coexisting frequency combs spaced by an octave in a monolithic quantum cascade laser published pages: 23167, ISSN: 1094-4087, DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.023167 |
Optics Express 26/18 | 2019-06-12 |
| 2019 |
Y. Liang, Z. Wang, J. Wolf, E. Gini, M. Beck, B. Meng, J. Faist, G. Scalari Room temperature surface emission on large-area photonic crystal quantum cascade lasers published pages: 31102, ISSN: 0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063/1.5082279 |
Applied Physics Letters 114/3 | 2019-05-27 |
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