Temperature dependence and single-mode tuning behavior of second-harmonic generation in quantum cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2751-2753

  Gmachl, C ^a,d   Owschimikow, N ^a,e   Belyanin, A ^b   Sergent, A M ^a   Sivco, D L ^a   Peabody, M L ^a   Cho, A Y ^a   Capasso, F ^c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL POWERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DETECTORS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL);

CRYOGENICS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT SINKS; LASERS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 2342462315     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1703850     Document Type: Article

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