Type-II interband cascade lasers in the 4.3-4.7-μm wavelength region

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 987-989

  Yang, Rui Q ^a   Hill, Cory J ^a   Yang, Baohua ^a   Wong, Chung M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Mid infrared (IR); Quantum well (QW) lasers; Semiconductor superlattices

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CURRENT DENSITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS; WAVELENGTH REGION; WIDE BROAD AREA LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942532812     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824947     Document Type: Article

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