Optical-field-dependent electron-electron scattering effects and gain generation in the intersubband transitions of n-doped quantum wells

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2489-2503

  Sadeghi, S M ^a   Leffler, S R ^a   Meyer, J ^a   Mueller, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 0000755033     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/10/11/013     Document Type: Article

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