Interband cascade lasers: Progress and outlook

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5617, Issue , 2004, Pages 233-248

  Bruno, J D ^a   Bradshaw, J L ^a   Breznay, N P ^a   Gomes, J G ^a   Tober, R L ^b   Tobin, M S ^b   Towner, F J ^a  

^a Maxion Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimonides; Interband cascade lasers; Mid IR lasers; Quantum cascade lasers

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ANTIMONIDES; INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS; MID-IR LASERS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 17644397497     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.583531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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