Long-wavelength (9.5-11.5 μm) Microdisk Quantum-Cascade Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1567-1572

  Gmachl, Claire ^a,d,e,f,g   Faist, Jérôme ^a,b   Capasso, Federico ^a   Sirtori, Carlo ^c   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c THALES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f Quant Phenomena Device Researci D ^*  (United States)

^g IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microdisk laser; Mid infrared; Unipolar semiconductor laser; Whispering gallery modes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT DENSITY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER MODES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

MICRODISK QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031237986     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622638     Document Type: Article

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