Monolithic active mode locking of quantum cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-171

  Paiella, Roberto ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Gmachl, Claire ^a   Hwang, Harold Y ^a   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a   Liu, H C ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001184569     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126913     Document Type: Article

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