International Quantum Cascade Laser School and Workshop 2018

›8:00 (30min)

Mini-bus transfer

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

Mini-bus transfer

Mini-bus transfer from town

›8:30 (45min)

Keynote I
Chair - Prof. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern University)

8:30 - 9:15 (45min)

Keynote I

Chair - Prof. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern University)

› Electronic and Optical properties of Van-der-Waals heterostructures - KEYNOTE I - Tony Heinz, Stanford University [Stanford] 08:30-09:15 (45min)

›9:15 (1h30)

Workshop Session 1 - Detectors and Combs I
Chair - Prof. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern University)

9:15 - 10:45 (1h30)

Workshop Session 1 - Detectors and Combs I

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)

›10:45 (30min)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:15 (1h30)

Workshop Session 2 - Combs II
Chair - Prof. Carlo Sirtori ( University Paris Diderot)

11:15 - 12:45 (1h30)

Workshop Session 2 - Combs II

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)

›12:45 (1h15)

Lunch

12:45 - 14:00 (1h15)

Lunch

›14:00 (45min)

Keynote II
Chair - Prof. Gottfried Strasser ( T.U. Wien)

14:00 - 14:45 (45min)

Keynote II

Chair - Prof. Gottfried Strasser ( T.U. Wien)

› Novel photonic platforms for applications in the mid-IR - KEYNOTE II - Michal Lipson, Columbia University [New York] 14:00-14:45 (45min)

›14:45 (45min)

Workshop Session 3 - QCLs on Si
Chair - Prof. Gottfried Strasser (T.U. Wien)

14:45 - 15:30 (45min)

Workshop Session 3 - QCLs on Si

Chair - Prof. Gottfried Strasser (T.U. Wien)

› 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)

›15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:00 (1h45)

Workshop Session 4 - THz QCLs
Chair - Dr. Joshua Freeman (University of Leeds)

16:00 - 17:45 (1h45)

Workshop Session 4 - THz QCLs

Chair - Dr. Joshua Freeman (University of Leeds)

› 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)

›17:45 (1h30)

Poster Session II

17:45 - 19:15 (1h30)

Poster Session II

› 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)

› Hybrid II-VI/III-V Intersubband Detectors - Yasin Kaya, Princeton University 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)

›19:15 (30min)

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19:15 - 19:45 (30min)

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