High-performance operation of single-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers with metallic gratings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Mahler, Lukas ^a,c   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^a   Köhler, Rüdeger ^a   Beltram, Fabio ^a   Beere, Harvey E ^b   Linfield, Edmund H ^b,d   Ritchie, David A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHOTONS; RESONATORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; METALLIC GRATINGS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 23744447090     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2120901     Document Type: Article

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