Print Email Facebook Twitter Quantum cascade lasers as super terahertz local oscillators for astronomy Title Quantum cascade lasers as super terahertz local oscillators for astronomy Author Mirzaei, B. (TU Delft QN/Gao Lab) Contributor Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (promotor) Gao, J.R. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2018-09-04 Abstract Quantum cascade laser (QCL) technology has made a breakthrough in THz radiation sources, opening a new window into variety of applications. QCLs are compact, low-consumption and narrow linewidth lasers with relatively high output powers, capable to emit radiation across the whole super-THz (2-6 THz) range. These are all demanded for spectroscopy, which is so interesting in THz due to the fingerprint molecular rotational absorption/emission spectrums. Among many other potential applications of spectroscopy including chemical identification, security checking and biomedical diagnosis, high-resolution probing of celestial fine structured lines is prominent for addressing the human permanently staying curiosity about the origins of stars, galaxies and the Universe... Subject terahertzquantum cascade laserlocal oscillatorastronomy To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:cce70e43-8730-45e2-b645-2f8c0884b9b4 ISBN 978-90-8593-353-3 Series Casimir PhD series, Delft-Leiden 2018-24 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2018 B. Mirzaei Files PDF Submitted_Behnam_Mirzaei_2.pdf 4.07 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:cce70e43-8730-45e2-b645-2f8c0884b9b4/datastream/OBJ/view