Measurement of subband electronic temperatures and population inversion in THz quantum-cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Vitiello, Miriam S ^a   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^b   Williams, Benjamin S ^c   Kumar, Sushil ^c   Hu, Qing ^c   Reno, John L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c USA   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-IMPURITY; ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE; POPULATION INVERSION; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS (QCL);

DESIGN; GROUND STATE; HEAT RESISTANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM OPTICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 17944381347     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1886266     Document Type: Article

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