Continuous-wave operation of terahertz quantum-cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-591

  Barbieri, Stefano ^a   Alton, Jesse ^b   Dhillon, Sukhdeep S ^b   Beere, Harvey E ^b   Evans, Michael ^a   Linfield, Edmund H ^b   Davies, A Giles ^b   Ritchie, David A ^b   Köhler, Rüdeger ^c   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^c   Beltram, Fabio ^c  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous wave laser; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor laser; Terahertz laser

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HEAT SINKS; HETERODYNING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROMETERS;

QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0037381330     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.809328     Document Type: Article

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