High-efficiency midinfrared "W" laser with optical pumping injection cavity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2876-2878

  Felix, C L ^a   Bewley, W W ^a   Vurgaftman, I ^a   Olafsen, L J ^a   Stokes, D W ^a   Meyer, J R ^a   Yang, M J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001247746     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125176     Document Type: Article

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13. An alternative, that can in principle meet the same requirements, is to employ a small number of quantum wells separated by absorbing regions that contribute their carriers to the active wells [Y.-H. Zhang, R. H. Miles, and D. H. Chow, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 1, 749 (1995); W. W. Bewley, C. L. Felix, I. Vurgaftman, E. H. Aifer, L. J. Olafsen, J. R. Meyer, L. Goldberg, and D. H. Chow, Appl. Opt. 38, 1502 (1999); S. S. Pei (private communication); H. K. Choi (private communication)].
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