Solid state cyclotron laser

摘要

A solid state cyclotron laser device generate coherent electromagnetic radiation. A semiconductor configuration comprises an emitter region and a collector region separated by a base region and barrier layers on each side of the base. The semiconductor configuration is biased such that electrons enter the base region from the emitter region as hot electrons. A magnetic field applied by an external source to the base region causes the hot electrons to gyrate and quantize into Landau levels. An optical resonance cavity produces standing wave modes which stimulate the electrons to move from higher to lower Landau levels to generate conherent radiation. Electrons with decreased energy are removed at the collector in order to maintain the population inversion. The device is tunable by adjusting the magnetic field.