Type II W, înterband cascade and vertical-cavity surface-emitting mid-IR lasers

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Meyer, J R ^a   Olafsen, L J ^b   Aifer, E H ^c   Bewley, W W ^a   Felix, C L ^a   Vurgaftman, I ^c   J yang, M ^b   Goidberg, L ^a   Zhang, D ^c   Lin, C H ^b   Pei, S S ^a   Chow, D H ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Huches Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid infrared (IR) laser performance; W well stmclure

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AUGER LOSSES; INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS; MID-INFRARED LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032179050     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19982304     Document Type: Article

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