Abstract

Pulses from an actively modelocked terahertz quantum cascade laser are fully characterized using an optical sampling technique to detect the total instantaneous terahertz intensity. By triggering the quantum cascade laser electronics with a femtosecond laser, we are able to measure both the formation of modelocked pulses and the quasi-steady state. The dependence of the pulse width on the modulation power and drive current are investigated. At low drive currents, we measure transform-limited gaussian-shaped pulses with a FWHM of 19 ps.

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