Ultralow threshold current terahertz quantum cascade lasers based on double-metal buried strip waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Dhillon, Sukhdeep ^a,b   Alton, Jesse ^c,d   Barbieri, Stefano ^c,d   Sirtori, Carlo ^a,b   De Rossi, A ^a   Calligaro, M ^a   Beere, Harvey E ^c   Ritchie, David ^c  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-METAL LASERS; PROTON IMPLANTATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

HEAT RESISTANCE; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 24144432272     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2001159     Document Type: Article

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