Terahertz bandwidth prediction for amplitude modulation response of unipolar intersubband semiconductor lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 527-529

  Mustafa, N ^a   Pesquera, L ^a   Cheung, C Y L ^b   Shore, K A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDWIDTH;

MID-INFRARED LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032640172     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759387     Document Type: Article

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