Beam steering in high-power CW quantum-cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 833-841

  Bewley, William W ^a   Lindle, J Ryan ^a   Kim, Chul Soo ^a   Vurgaftman, Igor ^a   Meyer, Jerry R ^a   Evans, Allan J ^b   Yu, Jae Su ^b   Slivken, Steven ^b   Razeghi, Manijeh ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser beam steering; Quantum well (QW) lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCURRENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER BEAM STEERING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 20544432761     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.846691     Document Type: Article

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