High-performance superlattice quantum cascade lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 792-807

  Capasso, Federico ^a,c   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^a,d,e   Gmachl, Claire ^a,f,g   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION DETECTION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDOWS; HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMINIBAND TRANSITIONS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; MID INFRARED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUPERLATTICE QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; TRACE GAS ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033124015     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788453     Document Type: Article

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