Analysis of terahertz surface emitting quantum-cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Schubert, Martin ^a   Rana, Farhan ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling coefficients; Distributed feedback (DBF) lasers; Floquet Bloch expansion; Quantum cascade laser; Surface emission

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PHASE SHIFT; RADIATION EFFECTS;

FINITE LENGTH DEVICES; FLOQUET-BLOCH EXPANSION; HIGH RADIATIVE EFFICIENCIES; INFINITE PERIODIC STRUCTURES; LOW THRESHOLD GAINS; SECOND-ORDER BRAGG METAL GRATINGS; SINGLE-LOBE BEAMS; TERAHERTZ SURFACE EMITTING QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 32244443381     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.863138     Document Type: Article

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