Terahertz gain on shallow donor transitions in silicon

Small signal gain measurements of optically excited terahertz silicon lasers are reported. Two types of lasers, Si:P and Si:Bi, were investigated. They were optically excited with radiation from a free electron laser or a CO2 laser. The experiments were performed with an oscillator-amplifier scheme where one sample serves as a laser while the...

Terahertz Raman laser based on silicon doped with phosphorus

Raman-type stimulated emission at frequencies between 5.0 and 5.2?THz as well as between 6.1 and 6.4?THz has been realized in silicon crystals doped by phosphorus donors. The Raman laser operates at around 5?K under optical excitation by a pulsed, frequency-tunable infrared free electron laser. The frequencies of the observed laser emission are...