Auger optimization in mid-infrared lasers: The importance of final-state optimization

Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 131-136

  Flatté, Michael E ^a   Grein, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; SCREW CONVEYORS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; BAND DENSITY; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; THRESHOLD;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0012326087     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.2.000131     Document Type: Article

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