Continuous wave operation of quantum cascade lasers based on vertical transitions at λ = 4.6 μm

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-345

  Faist, Jérôme ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Sirtori, Carlo ^a   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Chu, Sung Nee G ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUBSTRATES;

BRAGG REFLECTORS; HIGHER INJECTED CURRENTS; LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029720207     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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