Complex-coupled quantum cascade distributed-feedback laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1090-1092

  Gmachl, Claire ^a,b   Faist, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Baillargeon, James N ^b   Capasso, Federico ^a,b   Sirtori, Carlo ^a,b,d   Sivco, Deborah L ^b   Chu, S N George ^b   Cho, Alfred Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d THALES   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback laser; Mid infrared; Unipolar semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LASER MODES; LASER TUNING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR);

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031208765     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.605510     Document Type: Article

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