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)