Electromagnetically induced distributed feedback intersubband lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1227-1234

  Sadeghi, S M ^a,b   Li, W ^c  

^a Photonami Inc   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent control; Distributed feedback (DFB) laser; Electromagnetically induced grating; Gain without inversion; Gain coupled (GC); Index coupled; Laser induced distributed feedback laser; Laser induced grating; Laser induced transparency; Loss coupled (LC); Quantum coherence; Quantum well (QW) structure; Resonant enhancement of refractive index with zero absorption

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSPARENCY;

COHERENT CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK INTERSUBBAND LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED GRATING; GAIN WITHOUT INVERSION; GAIN-COUPLED (GC) SEMICONDUCTOR; LASER INDUCED GRATING; QUANTUM COHERENCE; RESONANT ENHANCEMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 26844564042     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.853871     Document Type: Article

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