Active mode locking of broadband quantum cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 844-851

  Soibel, Alexander ^a   Capasso, Federico ^b   Gmachl, Claire ^c   Peabody, Milton L ^a   Sergent, A Michael ^a   Paiella, Roberto ^d   Hwang, Harold Y ^e   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a   Liu, H C ^f   Jirauschek, Christian ^g   Kärtner, Franz X ^g  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS;

BIAS CURRENT; BROAD SPECTRAL GAIN; BROADBAND QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; FABRY-PEROT MODES; LASER OPERATION; REPETITION RATE; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 3142721941     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.830186     Document Type: Article

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