Coherent terahertz radiation with 2.8-octave tunability through chip-scale photomixed microresonator optical parametric oscillation

Wenting Wang; Ping-Keng Lu; Abhinav Kumar Vinod; Deniz Turan; James F. McMillan; Hao Liu; Mingbin Yu; Dim-Lee Kwong; Mona Jarrahi; Chee Wei Wong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32739-6

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Coherent terahertz radiation with 2.8-octave tunability through chip-scale photomixed microresonator optical parametric oscillation

Wenting Wang,
Ping-Keng Lu,
Abhinav Kumar Vinod,
Deniz Turan,
James F. McMillan,
Hao Liu,
Mingbin Yu,
Dim-Lee Kwong,
Mona Jarrahi,
Chee Wei Wong

Affiliations

Wenting Wang: Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Ping-Keng Lu: Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Abhinav Kumar Vinod: Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Deniz Turan: Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, University of California
James F. McMillan: Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Hao Liu: Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Mingbin Yu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology
Dim-Lee Kwong: Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR
Mona Jarrahi: Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, University of California
Chee Wei Wong: Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32739-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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High-spectral-purity frequency-agile room-temperature THz sources are foundational elements for imaging, sensing, metrology, and communications. Here a parametric oscillator-photomixer chip with coherent 2.8-octave tunable THz radiation is achieved.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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