Intersubband gain in a Bloch oscillator and quantum cascade laser

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Willenberg, H ^a,b   Dohler G H ^b   Faist, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037304428     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.085315     Document Type: Article

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