Submillimeter p-Ge laser using a Voigt-configured permanent magnet

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1203-1210

  Park, Kijun ^a,b,d,e   Peale, Robert E ^b,f,g,h   Weidner, Henry ^b,i   Kim, Jin J ^a,c  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT SINKS; HEATING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

JOULE HEATING; LASING; VOIGT CONFIGURATION; WAVELENGTHS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030194052     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.517020     Document Type: Article

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