Progress towards photonic crystal quantum cascade laser

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 502-507

  Walker, C L ^a,b   Farmer, C D ^a   Stanley, C R ^a   Ironside, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRY ETCHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASKS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 12344270005     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20040806     Document Type: Article

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