The p-Ge terahertz laser-properties under pulsed-and mode-locked operation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue , 2000, Pages 670-676

  Hovenier, J Niels ^a   Diez, M Carmen ^a   Klaassen, Tjeerd O ^a   Wenckebach, W Tom ^a   Muravjov, Andrej V ^b   Pavlov, Sergey G ^b   Shastin, Valerie N ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS OF MICROSTRUCTURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mode locking; P ge hot hole laser; Small signal gain; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM TERAHERTZ LASER; HOT HOLE TERAHERTZ LASER; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034172344     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.841958     Document Type: Article

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