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Quantum cascade laser roadmap
Carlo Silvestri, Aleksandar D. Rakić, Dragan Indjin +46
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are unipolar semiconductor lasers first demonstrated in 1994. Since then, they have played a central role in advancing mid-infrared and terahertz phot…
Electron-to-photon noise transfer in mid-infrared semiconductor lasers
Irene La Penna, Tecla Gabbrielli, Borislav Hinkov +8
Noise characteristics of state-of-the art light sources are crucial parameters in understanding their limitations towards quantum applications. This work describes a method to stud…
Frequency and intensity noise of a grating-tuned external-cavity quantum cascade laser
Irene La Penna, Tecla Gabbrielli, Cristina Rimoldi +6
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are semiconductor-heterostructure devices known for their emission in the mid-infrared and THz spectral regions. Due to their operating regime, their…
Self-mixing-based photoacoustic sensing
Tecla Gabbrielli, Jacopo Pelini, Chenhong Zhang +7
Versatile, ultracompact, easy-to-handle, high-sensitivity sensors are compelling tools for in situ pivotal applications, such as medical diagnostics, security and safety assessment…
Bridging mid and near infrared by combining optomechanics and self mixing
Tecla Gabbrielli, Chenghong Zhang, Francesco Cappelli +8
This work describes a self-mixing-assisted optomechanical platform for transferring information between near- and mid-infrared radiation. In particular, the self-mixing signal of a…
Free-space time-bin encoded quantum key distribution from near- to mid-infrared wavelengths
Claudia De Lazzari, Tecla Gabbrielli, Natalia Bruno +9
Quantum technologies play a central role in establishing new ways of quantum-secured communication. We investigate Free-Space Quantum Communication and explore the advantage of imp…
Near-single-photon atto-watt detection at mid-infrared wavelengths by a room-temperature balanced heterodyne set-up
Daniele Palaferri, Lorenzo Mancini, Chiara Vecchi +8
Single photon detection is the underpinning technology for quantum communication and quantum sensing applications. At visible and near-infrared wavelengths, single-photon-detectors…
Shot-noise-limited emission from interband and quantum cascade lasers
Tecla Gabbrielli, Jacopo Pelini, Georg Marschick +12
The intensity noise of a laser source represents one of the key factors limiting the ultimate sensitivity in laser-based systems for sensing and telecommunication. For advanced app…
Mid-Infrared Ring Interband Cascade Laser: Operation at the Standard Quantum Limit
Georg Marschick, Jacopo Pelini, Tecla Gabbrielli +9
Many precision applications in the mid-infrared spectral range have strong constraints based on quantum effects that are expressed in particular noise characteristics. They limit,…
Characterization of noise regimes in Mid-IR free-space optical communication based on quantum cascade lasers
Marco Seminara, Tecla Gabbrielli, Nicola Corrias +6
The recent development of Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) represents one of the biggest opportunities for the deployment of a new class of Free Space Optical (FSO) communication syst…
Intensity correlations in quantum cascade laser harmonic frequency combs
Tecla Gabbrielli, Natalia Bruno, Nicola Corrias +10
A novel study on harmonic frequency combs emitted by Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) is here presented, demonstrating the presence of intensity correlations between twin modes charac…
Analog FM free-space optical communication based on a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency comb
Nicola Corrias, Tecla Gabbrielli, Paolo De Natale +2
Quantum cascade laser frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for infrared spectroscopy. Here their applicability for free-space optical communication is demonstrated…
Quantum simulating the electron transport in quantum cascade laser structures
Andrea Trombettoni, Francesco Scazza, Francesco Minardi +5
We propose to use ultracold fermionic atoms in one-dimensional optical lattices to quantum simulate the electronic transport in quantum cascade laser (QCL) structures. The competit…
Direct observation of terahertz frequency comb generationin difference-frequency quantum cascade lasers
Luigi Consolino, Malik Nafa, Michele De Regis +8
Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency generation from mid-IR devices are an important asset for applications in rotational molecular sp…
Mid-infrared homodyne balanced detector for quantum light characterization
Tecla Gabbrielli, Francesco Cappelli, Natalia Bruno +4
We present the characterization of a novel balanced homodyne detector operating in the mid-infrared. The challenging task of revealing non-classicality in mid-infrared light, e.~g.…
Controlling and Phase-Locking a THz Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Comb by Small Optical Frequency Tuning
L. Consolino, A. Campa, M. De Regis +7
Full phase control of THz emitting quantum cascade laser (QCL) combs has recently been demonstrated, opening new perspectives for even the most demanding applications. In this fram…
Quantum Cascade Laser Based Hybrid Dual Comb Spectrometer
Luigi Consolino, Malik Nafa, Michele De Regis +9
Four-wave-mixing-based quantum cascade laser frequency combs (QCL-FC) are a powerful photonic tool, driving a recent revolution in major molecular fingerprint regions, i.e. mid- an…
Phase analysis and full phase control of chip-scale infrared frequency combs
Luigi Consolino, Francesco Cappelli, Pablo Cancio +4
The road towards the realization of quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency combs (QCL-combs) has undoubtedly attracted ubiquitous attention from the scientific community, as these d…
Retrieval of phase relation and emission profile of quantum cascade laser frequency combs
Francesco Cappelli, Luigi Consolino, Giulio Campo +12
The major development recently undergone by quantum cascade lasers has effectively extended frequency comb emission to longer-wavelength spectral regions, i.e. the mid and far infr…
QCL-based frequency metrology from the mid-infrared to the THz range: a review
Luigi Consolino, Francesco Cappelli, Mario Siciliani de Cumis +1
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are becoming a key tool for plenty of applications, from the mid-infrared (mid-IR) to the THz range. Progress in related areas, such as the developmen…
Fully phase-stabilized quantum cascade laser frequency comb
Luigi Consolino, Malik Nafa, Francesco Cappelli +8
Optical frequency comb synthesizers (FCs) [1] are laser sources covering a broad spectral range with a number of discrete, equally spaced and highly coherent frequency components,…