Abstract
We present the operation of an indirectly pumped InGaAs/InAlAs THz quantum-cascade laser. The threshold-current-density is obtained to be low, ~470 A/cm2 at 6–25 K, with recourse to the absence of lower level pumping.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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