Absorption and single-pass gain measurements in optically pumped type-II midinfrared laser structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1657-1662

  Westerfeld, David ^a   Suchalkin, Sergey ^a   Kaspi, Ron ^b   Ongstad, Andrew P ^b   Belenky, Gregory L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain measurement; Laser measurements; Optical saturation; Optical variables measurement; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

LASER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL SATURATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10244261515     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.837345     Document Type: Article

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