Quantum parallel laser: A unipolar superlattice interminiband laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 593-595

  Friedman, L ^a   Soref, R A ^a,c   Sun, G ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

Coherent transport; GaInAs AlInAs; Optoelectronics; Semiconductor lasers; Si ZnS; SiGe Si; Silicon; Superlattices

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

COHERENT TRANSPORT; QUANTUM PARALLEL LASERS (QPL); SUPERLATTICE INTERMINIBAND LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031139447     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.588133     Document Type: Article

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