Non equilibrium electrons in THz quantum cascade lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6133, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vitiello, Miriam Serena ^a   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic distribution; Infrared and far infrared lasers; Photoluminescence; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; INFRARED RADIATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED AND FAR INFRARED LASERS; RESONANT-PHONON DEVICES; RESONANT-PHONON STRUCTURES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646751472     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.641467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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