Invention Grant
US08749225B2 Apparatus and method of power measurement for pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade laser
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脉冲太赫兹量子级联激光器的功率测量装置和方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of power measurement for pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade laser
- Patent Title (中): 脉冲太赫兹量子级联激光器的功率测量装置和方法
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Application No.: US13641777Application Date: 2011-08-29
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Publication No.: US08749225B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Zhiyong Tan , Juncheng Cao , Yingjun Han , Zhen Chen
- Applicant: Zhiyong Tan , Juncheng Cao , Yingjun Han , Zhen Chen
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: Sinorica, LLC
- Agent Ming Chow
- Priority: CN201110142266 20110530
- International Application: PCT/CN2011/079039 WO 20110829
- International Announcement: WO2012/162966 WO 20121206
- Main IPC: G01R13/38
- IPC: G01R13/38

Abstract:
The present invention provides a power measurement apparatus and method for a pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade laser (THz QCL). The apparatus includes a light source part, a light path part, and a detection part. Terahertz light emitted by a THz QCL reaches a terahertz quantum-well photodetector (THz QWP) through the measurement apparatus, and is absorbed to generate a corresponding current signal. A signal processing circuit extracts a voltage signal from the current signal, amplifies the voltage signal, and inputs the amplified voltage signal to an oscilloscope for reading and displaying. According to a responsivity of the THz QWP at a lasing frequency of the laser, the measurement of the output power of the pulsed THz QCL is acquired. The present invention avoids integration estimation when a thermal detector is used to measure output power of a THz QCL in a pulse operating mode, and can directly acquire the power value of a pulsed output from the laser according to the amplitude of the detector responding to the pulsed terahertz light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140103904A1 Apparatus and Method of Power Measurement for Pulsed Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Laser Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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