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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 6(91), p. 062102

DOI: 10.1063/1.2766862

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Inter-Landau level scattering and LO-phonon emission in Terahertz quantum cascade laser

Journal article published in 2007 by Nicolas Péré-Laperne, L. A. de Vaulchier, Louis-Anne De Vaulchier, Yves Guldner, Gerald Bastard, Giacomo Scalari, Marcella Giovannini, Jérôme Faist, Angela Vasanelli, Sukhdeep Dhillon, Carlo Sirtori
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Abstract

A Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser (THz QCL) structure based on a bound to continuum and LO-phonon extraction stage is studied under a strong magnetic field. Two series of power oscillations as a function of magnetic field are observed. Comprehensive simulations of the lifetimes allow the first series to be assigned to interface roughness (elastic) and the second to LO phonon scattering (inelastic) of hot carriers in an excited Landau level, previously unobserved in terahertz QCL. We demonstrate that for the latter, the thermal electron distribution in the upper laser state leads to a breaking of the population inversion and hence laser action.