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Widely tunable quantum cascade laser-pumped methyl fluoride terahertz laser
Paul Chevalier, Arman Amirzhan, Jeremy Rowlette, Ted Stinson, Michael Pushkarsky, Timothy Day, Federico Capasso, Henry O. Everitt
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Abstract
We demonstrate and characterize a new quantum cascade laser-pumped molec- ular laser using methyl fluoride as its gain medium. We show that a laser using this gain medium can exhibit a low pump threshold while allowing emission over more than 100 lines spanning from 300 GHz up to 1.3 THz.