Turn-key compact high temperature terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Imaging and room temperature detection

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1829-1841

  Bründermann, Erik ^a   Havenith, Martina ^a   Scalari, Giacomo ^b   Giovannini, Marcella ^b   Faist, Jérôme ^b   Kunsch, Johannes ^c   Mechold, Lars ^c   Abraham, Mario ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

^c Laser Components GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

MODE PROFILES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; TEMPERATURE DETECTION;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644769226     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001829     Document Type: Article

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