Sense-ability of semiconductor lasers

IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 10-18

  Gmachl, Claire ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Köhler, Rüdeger ^a   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Baillargeon, James N ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TUNING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

QUANTUM CASCADE DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (QC-DFB) LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0033737387     PISSN: 87553996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/101.845908     Document Type: Article

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