Solid-state terahertz sources using quantum-well intersubband transitions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 645-652

  Harrison, Paul ^a   Kelsall, Robert W ^a   Donovan, Kate ^a   Kinsler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Intersubband; Quantum cascade lasers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SEPARATION; QUANTUM WELL INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; SOLID STATE TERAHERTZ; TUNABLE EMITTERS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MILLIMETER WAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0034172462     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.841955     Document Type: Article

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