Quantum-dot cascade laser: Proposal for an ultralow-threshold semiconductor laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1170-1173

  Wingreen, Ned S ^a,d,e,f   Stafford, Charles A ^b,c,g,h,i,j  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

CW lasers; Proposals; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Submillimeter wave lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT CASCADE LASERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031185345     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.594880     Document Type: Article

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