Design, fabrication and optical characterisation of quantum cascade lasers at terahertz frequencies using photonic crystal reflectors

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8960-8968

  Dunbar, L Andrea ^a   Moreau, Virginie ^a   Ferrini, Rolando ^a   Houdré, Romuald ^a   Sirigu, Lorenzo ^b   Scalari, Giacomo ^b   Giovannini, Marcella ^b   Hoyler, Nicolas ^b   Faist, Jérôme ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT EMISSION; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL REFLECTORS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; REFLECTIVITY BANDS; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITIES;

LASERS;

EID: 27544487084     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008960     Document Type: Article

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