Design and performance optimization of optically-pumped mid-infrared intersubband semiconductor lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1001-1003

  Wang, Jin ^a   Leburton, J P ^a,d   Julien, F H ^b   Sa'ar, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMI LEVEL; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ASYMMETRIC COUPLED DOUBLE QUANTUM WELLS; HOT ELECTRON EFFECTS; PHONON RESONANCE; POLAR OPTICAL PHONON;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0030214850     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.508717     Document Type: Article

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