Abstract-We demonstrate the generation of short terahertz pulses from spectrally broad metal-metal quantum cascade lasers at 77 K via active mode-locking, and show the limiting role of phase-matching between the terahertz pulse and the microwave modulation. Furthermore a new concept of THz pulse dispersion control is proposed to go beyond the limitation of the current modulation scheme.
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