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most citedObserving the intrinsic linewidth of a quantum-cascade laser: beyond the Schawlow-Townes limit

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physics.optics2026

Sub-doppler trace-gas photoacoustic spectroscopy

Jacopo Pelini, Stefano Dello Russo, Chenghong Zhang +10

Molecules are emerging as new benchmark for metrology and fundamental physics research, driving the demand for spectroscopic techniques combining high sensitivity and resolution. P…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.optics2025

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…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

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…

physics.optics2023

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,…

physics.optics2022★ 13 cited

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…

physics.optics2009★ 167 cited

Observing the intrinsic linewidth of a quantum-cascade laser: beyond the Schawlow-Townes limit

S. Bartalini, S. Borri, P. Cancio +6

A comprehensive investigation of the frequency-noise spectral density of a free-running mid-infrared quantum-cascade laser is presented for the first time. It provides direct evide…

physics.optics2009★ 166 cited

Saturated-absorption cavity ring-down spectroscopy

G. Giusfredi, S. Bartalini, S. Borri +4

We report on a novel approach to cavity-ring-down spectroscopy with the sample gas in saturated-absorption regime. This technique allows to decouple and simultaneously retrieve emp…