Active region design of a terahertz GaN/Al0.15Ga0.85N quantum cascade laser

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-113

  Sun, Greg ^a   Soref, Richard A ^b   Khurgin, Jacob B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallium nitride; Optical phonon scattering; Quantum cascade laser; THz emission

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; PHONONS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

OPTICAL PHONON SCATTERING; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; THZ EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10844228187     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2004.09.046     Document Type: Article

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