Interband cascade laser emitting >1 photon per injected electron

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1433-1435

  Felix, C L ^b   Bewley, W W ^b   Vurgaftman, I ^b   Meyer, J R ^a,b   Zhang, D ^c   Lin, C H ^a,c   Yang, R Q ^a,c   Pei, S S ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsed lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor superlattices; Tunnel devices effects

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS (ICL); LASING TEMPERATURES;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031271109     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634699     Document Type: Article

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