Generation and detection of high-speed pulses of mid-infrared radiation with intersubband semiconductor lasers and detectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 780-782

  Paiella, Roberto ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Gmachl, Claire ^a   Bethea, Clyde G ^a   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Baillargeon, James N ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a   Liu, H C ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INFRARED DETECTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

HIGH SPEED OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSE GENERATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 0034229543     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853498     Document Type: Article

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