Interband difference-frequency generation by means of resonant intersubband transitions in asymmetric quantum wells

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 570-581

  Neogi, A ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Kawaguchi, H ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031491651     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000570     Document Type: Article

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