› Quantum cascade laser frequency combs - Jerome Faist, ETH Zurich
09:15-10:00 (45min)
› Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency generation - Mikhail Belkin, The University of Texas at Austin
10:00-10:45 (45min)
Chair - Prof. Vincent Spagnolo (Politecnico di Bari)
› Resonator engineering in quantum cascade lasers - Gangyi Xu, Key laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:15-12:00 (45min)
› Intersubband optoelectronics using wurtzite semiconductors - Eva Monroy, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie
12:00-12:30 (30min)
Chair - Prof. Mikhail Belkin (The University of Texas at Austin)
› High performance THz Quantum Cascade lasers - Karl Unterrainer, Photonics Institute, TU Wien, Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, TU Wien
13:45-14:30 (45min)
› Customer driven application development with quantum cascade laser frequency combs - Andreas Hugi, IRSweep AG
14:30-15:00 (30min)
› Applications of terahertz quantum cascade lasers - Pierre Gellie, Lytid SAS
15:00-15:30 (30min)
› Controlling QCLs for Frequency Metrology from the Mid-IR to the THz range - Paolo De Natale, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR & Laboratorio Europeo Spettroscopia Non-Lineare, ppqSense S.r.l.
11:00-11:45 (45min)
› Free Space Optical Communications with Quantum Cascade Lasers - Alexandre Delga, III-V Lab
11:45-12:30 (45min)
› Modeling electron transport in quantum cascade lasers - Thomas Grange, nextnano GmbH
14:00-14:45 (45min)
› Achieving maximum measurement performance for periodic signals using Lock-In Amplifiers and Boxcar Averagers - Claudius Riek, Zurich Instruments
14:45-15:00 (15min)
› Markets and Applications of Commercial Quantum Cascade Laser Based Systems - David Caffey, DRS Daylight Solutions
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› An Integrated 3.5-THz QCL Optical Breadboard System for the LOCUS Atmospheric Sounder - Alexander Valavanis, University of Leeds
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Antenna-coupled arrays and single patch detector at 9µm - Azzurra Bigioli, Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Complex dielectric function of highly doped samples extracted using Terahertz time domain spectroscopy - Jacques Hawecker, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Controllable low-frequency fluctuations of a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser with increased upper-state lifetime - Olivier Spitz, University of California, mirSense, Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de lÍnformation
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Coupled waveguides for chromatic dispersion engineering in quantum cascade laser frequency combs - Filippos Kapsalidis, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Dual-wavelength DFB quantum cascade lasers for multi-species trace gas spectroscopy - Mehran Shahmohammadi, Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH-Z¨urich, CH-8093 Z¨urich, Switzerland
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Experimental investigation of thermal design of quantum cascade lasers - Kamil Pierściński, Institute of Electron Technology
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Gas spectroscopy through multimode self-mixing in a double-metal terahertz quantum cascade laser - Y. J. Han, University of Leeds
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Germanium Quantum Wells in the Conduction Band for Terahertz Emission on Silicon Substrates - Chiara Ciano, Dipartimento di Scienze Università Roma Tre
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› HgCdTe IR detectors encapsulated with high speed transimpedance preamplifier - Jerzy Łach, VIGO System S.A
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› High power, surface emitting, single mode QCL at 4.745 THz for Astrophysical applications - Tudor Olariu, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, Zürich
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› High-frequency modulation of mid-infrared emitting ring quantum cascade lasers - Borislav Hinkov, Technische Universität Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› InAs-based quantum cascade lasers: double metal vs dielectric waveguide - zeineb loghmari, Institut d'électronique et des systèmes
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Investigation on intersubband transition linewidth broadening mechanisms - Ngoc-Linh Tran, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay]
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Laser feedback interferometry using terahertz quantum cascade lasers - James Keeley, University of Leeds
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Long wavelength (λ>17 µm) DFB QCL operating in continuous wave at room temperature - Roland Teissier, Institut d'Electronique et des Systèmes
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Mid-Infrared dispersion spectroscopy for trace gas sensing using a distributed feedback quantum cascade laser - Jakob Hayden, Technische Universität Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Molecular spectroscopy by illumination-induced frequency tuning of a terahertz quantum-cascade laser - Tasmim Alam, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› n-doped InGaAs infrared refractive index measurement by fitting Fabry-Perot reflectivity between 4 and 14 µm - Grégory Quinchard, Thales III-V Lab
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Ordered Mesoporous Silica Films for Mid-IR Evanescent Field Spectroscopic Sensing of Organic Contaminants in Water - Bettina Baumgartner, Technische Universität Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› QWIPs and QCDs for Mid-Infrared Frequency Combs - Maximilian Beiser, Institute for Solid State Electronics, TU Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Ring interband cascade laser arrays - Hedwig Knötig, Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Strong Light-Matter Interaction in Triple Barrier Resonant Tunneling Diodes - Benedikt Limbacher, Photonics Institute, TU Wien, Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, TU Wien
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Temperature robustness of Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers - Thomas Grange, nextnano GmbH
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Tuneable Quantum Cascade Lasers for the mapping of mosquito population structure - Mauro Pazmino Betancourth, School of Engineering [Glasgow] (University of Glasgow)
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
› Waveguide loss simulations and measurements for Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers - Kirsty Rew, School of Engineering [Glasgow] (University of Glasgow)
17:30-19:00 (1h30)
Chair - Prof. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern University)
› Room Temperature Heterodyne Detectors and Receivers at 9µm Wavelength - INVITED - Carlo Sirtori, Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques
09:15-09:45 (30min)
› Room temperature, wide-band Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector for microwave optical links at 4.9 µm wavelength - Etienne Rodriguez, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288
09:45-10:00 (15min)
› Tunable Dispersion Compensation of QCL Frequency Combs - Johannes Hillbrand, Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› Evidence of Linear Chirp in Mid-IR QCL Frequency Combs - Matthew Singleton, Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich
10:15-10:30 (15min)
› Frequency comb generation using actively mode-locked interband cascade lasers - Benedikt Schwarz, Institute for Solid State Electronics, TU Wien
10:30-10:45 (15min)
Chair - Prof. Carlo Sirtori ( University Paris Diderot)
› High-precision mid-IR molecular spectroscopy with frequency-stabilised Quantum Cascade Lasers - INVITED - Anne Amy-Klein, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers
11:15-11:45 (30min)
› Looking for the comb signature in the phase of multi-mode QCLs - Saverio Bartalini, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR & Laboratorio Europeo Spettroscopia Non-Lineare, ppqSense S.r.l.
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Harmonic Modelocking of THz Quantum Cascade Lasers - Hanond Nong, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris France
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Dual-Color, Octave Spaced THz Frequency Combs in a Monolithic Quantum Cascade Laser - Andres Forrer, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institute of Quantum Electronics
12:15-12:30 (15min)
› Passive comb formation in terahertz quantum cascade lasers - Hua Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
12:30-12:45 (15min)
› Quantum Cascade Lasers grown on Silicon - Roland Teissier, Institut d'Electronique et des Systèmes
14:45-15:00 (15min)
› Monolithic integration of Quantum Cascade Lasers onto Si using metamorphic buffers - Arkadiy Lyakh, University of Central Florida [Orlando]
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› Fabrication of QCL sources on CMOS pilot line - Jean-Guillaume COUTARD, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, F38054 Grenoble
15:15-15:30 (15min)
› High-resolution THz molecular spectroscopy with quantum-cascade lasers - INVITED - Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
16:00-16:30 (30min)
› High power terahertz quantum-cascade VECSEL - Christopher Curwen, University of California in Los Angeles
16:30-16:45 (15min)
› Beam combining of THz distributed feedback laser arrays - Ji Chen, Lehigh University [Bethlehem]
16:45-17:00 (15min)
› Continuous frequency tuning with near constant output power in coupled Y-branched terahertz quantum cascade lasers with photonic lattice - Iman Kundu, University of Leeds
17:00-16:45 (-1h-15)
› External cavity tuned terahertz quantum cascade laser with a metamaterial/graphene device -
17:15-17:30 (15min)
› Frequency tunable continuous-wave random THz lasers - Simone Biasco, NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore
17:30-17:45 (15min)
› Algorithm for transferring a working quantum cascade laser design to any other material system - Carola Burkl, nextnano GmbH, Munich University of Applied Sciences
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Comparison of steady state solutions for quantum cascade laser and diode laser reduced rate equations with optical feedback - Dragan Indjin, University of Leeds
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Controlling the losses and beam shape in arrays of THz patch antenna microcavities - Joel Pérez Urquizo, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Dependence of switch-on time on Vernier comb alignment in frequency tunable lasers - Iman Kundu, University of Leeds
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Direct measurement of the doping in two quantum well structures using terahertz time domain spectroscopy - Elena Mavrona, ETH Zurich, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Auguste-Piccard-Hof 1, 8093 Zurich
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Effect of damping on intersubband surface plasmon polariton dispersion relations in planar plasmonic resonators - Miroslaw Zaluzny, Institute of Physics M. Curie-Skłodowska University, Pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Extremely long cavity terahertz quantum cascade lasers for frequency comb operation - wenjian wan, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› High-power surface-emitting terahertz quantum cascade lasers with a hybrid grating scheme - Yuan Jin, Lehigh University
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Highly efficient power extraction in terahertz quantum cascade laser via a grating coupler - Gangyi Xu, Key laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› III-V-on-CaF2: a possible platform for low-loss mid-IR photonic devices - Mario Malerba, Institut d'électronique fondamentale (IEF)
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Improving the optical gain at high temperature in THz-QCLs by using asymmetric two-wells scheme - Wang Li, RIKEN
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Intrinsic frequency tuning of terahertz quantum-cascade lasers - Lutz Schrottke, Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Linewidth of the QCL Frequency Comb with Arbitrary Temporal Profile - Jacob Khurgin, Johns Hopkins University
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› LO-phonon engineering for high temperature terahertz quantum cascade lasers - Martin Alexander Kainz, Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, TU Wien, Photonics Institute, TU Wien - Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Center for Micro- and Nanostructures, TU Wien
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Locking mechanism of delay-coupled non-identical single-mode quantum cascade lasers - Andreas Herdt, Institute of Applied Physics [TU Darmstadt]
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Low current-density terahertz quantum cascade lasers with shallow barriers - Liang Gao, Lehigh University [Bethlehem], Lehigh University
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Self-Consistent Simulations for Single-Structure Difference Frequency Generation Quantum Cascade Lasers - Jesus Humberto Abundis Patino, Technische Universität München [München]
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Sideband generation of coupled-cavity terahertz quantum cascade lasers with active radio frequency modulation - Hua Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Thermal modeling of QCLs via density matrix approach - Aleksandar Demic, University of Leeds
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› THz quantum cascade lasers coupled to hollow waveguides yield optimal and robust far-field patterns - francois joint, Institut d'électronique fondamentale, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› THz quantum cascade lasers in continuous-wave operation - Junqi Liu, Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, 100083 Beijing, China, College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 101408 Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, P.O. Box 912, 100083 Beijing, China
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› THz quantum cascade lasers with gold- and silver-based double metal waveguide: experiment and simulation - Rustam Khabibullin, Institute of ultra-high frequency semiconductor electronics of RAS
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Transform-limited Terahertz pulses from active-modelocked quantum cascade lasers - Valentino Pistore, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Two-Dimensional Broadband Terahertz Random Laser with Metallic Pillars - YONGQUAN ZENG, Centre for Optoelectronics and Biophotonics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
› Two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy of a THz quantum cascade laser: Observation of multiple harmonics - Nathan Jukam, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
17:45-19:15 (1h30)
Chair - Prof. Alexey Belyanin (Texas A&M University)
› Efficient Simulation of the Quantum Cascade Laser Dynamics beyond the Rotating Wave Approximation - Michael Riesch, Technical University of Munich
09:30-09:45 (15min)
› Electric field domain oscillations at the ignition of Quantum Cascade Lasers - Emmanuel Dupont, National Research Council - Andreas Wacker, Mathematical Physics, Lund University
09:45-10:00 (15min)
› Anisotropic defects and assisted scatterings in InAs/GaSb superlattices - Francesca Carosella, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› Mitigation of hole burning via frequency and amplitude modulation in the frequency comb producing Quantum Cascade Laser - Nathan Henry, Johns Hopkins University
10:15-10:30 (15min)
› A Flexible Tool for EM Radiation-emitting Semiconductor Heterostructure Optimization using Quantum models: [aftershoq] - Martin Franckie, Insitute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich
10:30-10:45 (15min)
Chair - Prof. Miiram Vitiello (Istituto Nanoscienze Pisa – CNR)
› Phase Locked High Power mid-infrared QCLs - INVITED - Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern University [Evanston]
11:15-11:45 (30min)
› 95 % Laser-Transition Efficiency from Step-Taper Active-Region Mid-IR QCLs - Dan Botez, ECE Dept., University of Wisconsin - Colin Boyle, ECE Dept., University of Wisconsin
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Surface-emitting photonic crystal quantum cascade laser with Dirac-like dispersion - Zhixin Wang, Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Recent advances in quartz enhanced photoacoustic for trace gas sensing - INVITED - Spagnolo Vincenzo, Politecnico di Bari
12:15-12:45 (30min)
› The terahertz ammonia laser: the first laser optically pumped by a quantum cascade laser - Jean-Francois Lampin, Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN) - UMR 8520
12:45-13:00 (15min)
› Coherent THz apertureless near-field microscopy based on self-mixing in QCLs - Pierluigi Rubino, University of Leeds
13:00-13:15 (15min)
Chair - Prof. Anne Amy-Klein (University Paris 13)
› Vanadium dioxide on III-V semiconductors for mid-infrared optoelectronics devices - Laurent Boulley, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] - Adel Bousseksou, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay]
09:00-09:15 (15min)
› Narrow-gap 2D semiconductors for MIR-THz lasers and photodetectors - Kai Zhang, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Science
09:15-09:30 (15min)
› Materials Selection and Growth for Quantum Cascade Lasers and Detectors - Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Institute for Solid State Electronics, TU Wien
09:30-09:45 (15min)
› ZnO-based Resonant Tunneling Diode Structures - Borislav Hinkov, Technische Universität Wien
09:45-10:00 (15min)
› Broadening mechanisms and simulation for GaN based THz QCLs by non-equilibrium Green's function method - Ke Wang, RIKEN
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› Broadband THz quantum cascade laser: Assessment of the gain recovery dynamics - Christian Georg Derntl, TU Wien
10:15-10:30 (15min)
› Novel Split-well Direct-phonon Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers - Asaf Albo, Bar Llan University [Israël]
10:30-10:45 (15min)
› Quasi-optical injection locking of a terahertz quantum cascade laser to a fibre-based frequency comb - INVITED - Joshua Freeman, University of Leeds
11:15-11:45 (30min)
› Pulsed-mode laser feedback interferometry: A new technique for imaging using THz QCLs - Dragan Indjin, University of Leeds
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Thermal Hotspots and Gradients in Plasmonic Antennas Probed by Mid Infrared Nanospectroscopy and Nanoimaging - Michele Ortolani, Sapienza University [Rome]
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Manipulation of Terahertz quantum cascade emission exploiting a dipole-antenna microresonator - Andrea Ottomaniello, Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Fermi", Università di Pisa, NEST Lab, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze & Scuola Normale Superiore
12:15-12:30 (15min)
› Resonant intersubband polariton-LO phonon scattering in an optically pumped polaritonic device - Jean-Michel Manceau, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay]
12:30-12:45 (15min)
