Mid-infrared W quantum-well lasers for noncryogenic continuous-wave operation

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 806-811

  Felix, Christopher L ^a   Bewley, William W ^a   Vurgaftman, Igor ^a   Bartolo, Robert E ^a   Stokes, Donna W ^a   Meyer, Jerry R ^a   Yang, Ming Jey ^a   Lee, Hao ^b   Menna, Ray J ^b   Martinelli, Ramon U ^b   Garbuzov, Dmitri Z ^b   Connolly, John C ^b   Maiorov, Michael ^c   Sugg, Alan R ^c   Olsen, Greg H ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CURRENT DENSITY; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0000820646     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000806     Document Type: Article

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