Single-Mode Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers in the Spectral Range of the CO2 Laser at λ = 9.5-10.5 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 474-476

  Köhler, Rüdeger ^a   Gmachl, Claire ^b   Capasso, Federico ^b   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^b   Sivco, Deborah L ^b   Cho, Alfred Y ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Mid infrared; Single mode lasers; Tunable lasers; Unipolar semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038535147     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.841257     Document Type: Article

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