Terahertz quantum cascade lasers with double-resonant-phonon depopulation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Williams, Benjamin S ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a   Qin, Qi ^a   Hu, Qing ^a   Reno, John L ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE MODE; DEPOPULATION MECHANISM; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (QCL); THERMAL BACKFILLING;

CURRENT DENSITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33745594354     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2216112     Document Type: Article

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