TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum cascade lasers in chemical physics
AU - Curl, Robert F.
AU - Capasso, Federico
AU - Gmachl, Claire F.
AU - Kosterev, Anatoliy A.
AU - McManus, Barry
AU - Lewicki, Rafał
AU - Pusharsky, Michael
AU - Wysocki, Gerard
AU - Tittel, Frank K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Rice University and Princeton groups acknowledge the financial support from a NSF ERC MIRTHE award. F. Tittel and G. Wysocki received a sub-contract from a DOE STTR grant from Aerodyne Research Inc., The Rice group also acknowledges support from a grant C-0586 from The Welch Foundation , and a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . F. Capasso acknowledges collaborations with B. Lee, M.A. Belkin, L. Diehl, C. Pfluegl, Q.J. Wang, J. Kansky, A.K. Goyal, and A. Sanchez and support from DARPA and the Airforce Office for Scientific Research.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/2/25
Y1 - 2010/2/25
N2 - In the short space of 15 years since their first demonstration, quantum cascade lasers have become the most useful sources of tunable mid-infrared laser radiation. This Letter describes these developments in laser technology and the burgeoning applications of quantum cascade lasers to infrared spectroscopy. We foresee the potential application of quantum cascade lasers in other areas of chemical physics such as research on helium droplets, in population pumping, and in matrix isolation infrared photochemistry.
AB - In the short space of 15 years since their first demonstration, quantum cascade lasers have become the most useful sources of tunable mid-infrared laser radiation. This Letter describes these developments in laser technology and the burgeoning applications of quantum cascade lasers to infrared spectroscopy. We foresee the potential application of quantum cascade lasers in other areas of chemical physics such as research on helium droplets, in population pumping, and in matrix isolation infrared photochemistry.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.073
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.073
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:76049107052
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 487
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1-3
ER -