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Terahertz radiation generation in multilayer quantum-cascade heterostructures

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I–V and radiative characteristics of multilayer quantum-cascade GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with a double metal waveguide are investigated. The I–V characteristics typical of the quantum-cascade lasers are seen. The observed threshold-intensity growth and narrow radiation spectrum are characteristic of laser generation. The measured radiation frequency was found to be about 3 THz, which coincides with the calculated value. Thus, fully domestic terahertz quantum-cascade lasers are demonstrated for the first time.

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  1. Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 603087, Russia

    A. V. Ikonnikov, K. V. Marem’yanin, S. V. Morozov & V. I. Gavrilenko

  2. Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod, 603022, Russia

    A. V. Ikonnikov, K. V. Marem’yanin, S. V. Morozov & V. I. Gavrilenko

  3. Institute of Ultra High Frequency Semiconductor Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117105, Russia

    A. Yu. Pavlov, N. V. Shchavruk & R. A. Khabibullin

  4. St. Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    R. R. Reznik, G. E. Cirlin, F. I. Zubov, A. E. Zhukov & Zh. I. Alferov

  5. Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, St. Petersburg, 198095, Russia

    R. R. Reznik & G. E. Cirlin

  6. St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    R. R. Reznik & G. E. Cirlin

  7. St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    G. E. Cirlin, A. E. Zhukov & Zh. I. Alferov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Ikonnikov, K.V. Marem’yanin, S.V. Morozov, V.I. Gavrilenko, A.Yu. Pavlov, N.V. Shchavruk, R.A. Khabibullin, R.R. Reznik, G.E. Cirlin, F.I. Zubov, A.E. Zhukov, Zh.I. Alferov, 2017, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2017, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 86–94.

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Ikonnikov, A.V., Marem’yanin, K.V., Morozov, S.V. et al. Terahertz radiation generation in multilayer quantum-cascade heterostructures. Tech. Phys. Lett. 43, 362–365 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785017040083

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