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Details
Inventors: Kim, Jin J.; Peale, Robert E.; Park, Kijun;
Assignee: University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Primary Examiner: Bovernick; Rodney B.
Assistant Examiner: Phan; Quyen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Steinberger; Brian S. Law Offices of Brian S. Steinberger

A p-Ge laser operating at submillimeter wavelengths in Voigt configuration using a regular permanent magnet. The invention is improvement over prior art Ge Lasers which use superconducting magnets that require liquid helium to cool the magnets along with the Ge crystal. Although the subject invention requires cooling(refrigerant) of the Ge crystal itself, it does not need liquid helium. The permanent magnet can be Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B. The emissions using the novel invention were observed over a wider range of electric-field magnitude in Voigt configuration at a given magnetic field as compared to that of the prior system. The free space beam profile of the subject invention is Gaussian. The emission-strength of the subject invention is sufficient between 4 and 10K that a closed-cycle refrigerator can be used to cool the crystal rather than the liquid helium used in all prior p-Ge lasers. The open architecture of the permanent magnet facilitates use of cooling fins/heat sinks, which are demonstrated to increase repetition rate and energy output over all prior p-Ge lasers, which do not use such. Since permanent magnets can be cut to any shape and are not restricted to solenoid geometrics, novel laser configurations including ring lasers and oscillator/amplifiers can be realized in contrast to prior p-Ge lasers, which are exclusively oscillators only.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A semiconductor laser system, based on intervalence band or Landau level transitions, for operating in the submillimeter and Far Infrared wavelength range without utilizing a superconductor magnet, and without utilizing a Faraday configuration, the laser system comprising: a p-type semiconductor crystal; a first permanent magnet adjacent to one side of the semiconductor crystal; a second permanent magnet adjacent to a second side of the semiconductor crystal opposite the first permanent magnet, the first and the second permanent magnet in a non Faraday configuration forming a magnetic field about the semiconductor crystal; and cooling means for conducting thermal energy away from the magnetic field, wherein applying a voltage perpendicular to the magnetic field causes the semiconductor crystal to emit in the submillimeter and far-infared wavelength region which includes a wavelength range of approximately 30 through approximately 400 microns.
2.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are formed from: Nd.
sub.
2 Fe.
sub.
14 B.
3.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are formed from: SmCo.
4.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are formed from: Alnico.
5.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, further comprising: yoke and poles formed by a ferromagnetic material for concentrating magnetic flux through the semiconductor crystal.
6.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 5, wherein the yoke and poles are formed from: iron.
7.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor crystal includes: a rod of p-Ge(Germanium).
8.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor crystal includes: a rod of p-Si(Silicon).
9.
The semiconductor laser system of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor crystal includes: a rod of p-GaAs(Gallium Arsenide)



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