Gain and Intervalence Band Absorption in Quantum-Well Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1984, Pages 745-753

  Asada, Masahiro ^a   Kameyama, Atsushi ^a   Suematse, Yasuharu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0021458437     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1984.1072464     Document Type: Article

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