Tunable intersubband Raman laser in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 648-651

  Sun, G ^a   Khurgin, J B ^b   Friedman, L ^c   Soref, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0032326278     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000648     Document Type: Article

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