Theoretical performance of mid-infrared broken-gap multilayer superlattice lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3212-3214

  Flatté, Michael E ^a   Olesberg, J T ^a   Anson, S A ^a   Boggess, Thomas F ^a   Hasenberg, T C ^b   Miles, R H ^b,d   Grein, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SDL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION; THRESHOLD CARRIER DENSITY; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0031168918     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119128     Document Type: Article

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