Aspects of the internal physics of InGaAs/InAlAs quantum cascade lasers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Mc Tavish, James ^a,b   Indjin, Dragan ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ALLOYS; PHONONS;

DOPING DENSITY; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL); RATE EQUATIONS;

LASERS;

EID: 33745233086     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2201252     Document Type: Article

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