International Quantum Cascade Laser School and Workshop 2018

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Registration at Casino Barrière

16:00 - 18:00 (2h)

Registration at Casino Barrière

Welcome reception at Casino Barrière

18:00 - 20:00 (2h)

Welcome reception at Casino Barrière

Mini-bus transfer

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

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Mini-bus transfer from town

Registration/Coffee/French pastries

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Registration/Coffee/French pastries

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:15 (15min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Tutorial Session 1

9:15 - 10:45 (1h30)

Tutorial Session 1

Chair - Prof. Karl Unterrainer (TUW)

› 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)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

Tutorial Session 2

11:15 - 12:30 (1h15)

Tutorial Session 2

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)

Lunch

12:30 - 13:45 (1h15)

Lunch

Tutorial Session 3

13:45 - 15:30 (1h45)

Tutorial Session 3

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)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Mini bus transfer

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

Mini bus transfer

Mini-bus transfer to town

Calanques Boat tour

16:30 - 19:15 (2h45)

Calanques Boat tour

Dinner - Casino Barrière

20:00 - 22:00 (2h)

Dinner - Casino Barrière

Mini-bus transfer

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Mini-bus transfer

Mini-bus transfer from town

Tutorial Session 4

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Tutorial Session 4

Chair - Prof. Paolo De Natale (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica – CNR)

› Nonlinear dynamics of light-matter interaction in quantum cascade lasers - Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University [College Station] 09:00-09:45 (45min)

› Dual-comb quantum/interband cascade laser spectrometers - a promising tool for high-resolution spectroscopy - Gerard Wysocki, Department of Electrical Engineering [Princeton] 09:45-10:30 (45min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Tutorial Session 5

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

Tutorial Session 5

Chair - Prof. Jerome Faist (ETH Zürich)

› 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)

Lunch

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

Tutorial Session 6 and Industrial Session 1

14:00 - 15:15 (1h15)

Tutorial Session 6 and Industrial Session 1

Chair - Dr. Pierre Gellie

› 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)

Coffee break

15:15 - 15:45 (30min)

Coffee break

Industrial Session 2

15:45 - 17:30 (1h45)

Industrial Session 2

Chair - Dr. Alexandre Delga (III-V lab - Thales)

› Introduction to Industrial Session II - ULTRAQCL - Sukhdeep Dhillon, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Hybrid THz spectrometer – combining FTIR spectroscopy with CW THz technology - Fabian Lauer, Bruker 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Quantum Cascade Lasers for R&D and Industrial Applications - Gregory MAISONS, mirSense - Centre d'intégration NanoINNOV, Bâtiment 863, 8 avenue de la Vauve F91120 Palaiseau 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Accelerating adoption of QCLs and ICLs - Feng Xie, Thorlabs 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Frequency-noise suppression for ultra-sensitive QCL-based spectrometers - Saverio Bartalini, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR & Laboratorio Europeo Spettroscopia Non-Lineare, ppqSense S.r.l. 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Extended tuning quantum cascade lasers - Stéphane Blaser, Alpes Lasers SA 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Recent innovations of nanoplus devices and corresponding applications - Lars Hildebrandt, nanoplus 17:15-17:30 (15min)

Poster Session I

17:30 - 19:00 (1h30)

Poster Session I

› 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)

Mini-bus transfer

19:00 - 19:30 (30min)

Mini-bus transfer

Mini-bus transfer to town

Mini-bus transfer

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

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Mini-bus transfer from town

Keynote I

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)

Workshop Session 1 - Detectors and Combs I

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)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

Workshop Session 2 - Combs II

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)

Lunch

12:45 - 14:00 (1h15)

Lunch

Keynote II

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)

Workshop Session 3 - QCLs on Si

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)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Workshop Session 4 - THz QCLs

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)

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)

Mini-bus transfer

19:15 - 19:45 (30min)

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8:15 - 8:45 (30min)

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Keynote III

8:45 - 9:30 (45min)

Keynote III

Chair - Prof. Alexey Belyanin (Texas A&M University)

› Terahertz lightwave electronics: from quasiparticle colliders to atomic videography - Rupert Huber, University of Regensburg 08:45-09:30 (45min)

Workshop Session 5 - Modelling

9:30 - 10:45 (1h15)

Workshop Session 5 - Modelling

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)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

Workshop Session 6 - MIR QCLs + THz

11:15 - 13:15 (2h)

Workshop Session 6 - MIR QCLs + THz

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)

Packed Lunch

13:15 - 13:45 (30min)

Packed Lunch

Mini-bus transfer

13:45 - 14:15 (30min)

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Tourist train transfer to town

Free Afternoon

14:15 - 19:15 (5h)

Free Afternoon

Tourist train transfer

19:15 - 19:45 (30min)

Tourist train transfer

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Gala Dinner- LA PRESQU’ÎLE

19:45 - 22:15 (2h30)

Gala Dinner- LA PRESQU’ÎLE

Tourist train transfer

22:15 - 22:45 (30min)

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8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

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Workshop Session 7 - Materials + Ultrafast THz

9:00 - 10:45 (1h45)

Workshop Session 7 - Materials + Ultrafast THz

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)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

Workshop Session 8 - New techniques + Resonators

11:15 - 13:00 (1h45)

Workshop Session 8 - New techniques + Resonators

Chair - Prof. Hua Li (CAS)

› 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)

› Ultra sub-wavelength intersubband THz circuits - Mathieu Jeannin, Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques 12:45-13:00 (15min)

Mini-bus transfer

13:00 - 13:30 (30min)

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