Thermal properties of THz quantum cascade lasers based on different optical waveguide configurations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Vitiello, Miriam S ^a   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^b   Alton, Jesse ^e   Barbieri, Stefano ^d   Worrall, Chris ^c   Beere, Harvey E ^c   Ritchie, David A ^c   Sirtori, Carlo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HEAT LOSSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL-METAL WAFER BONDING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURATIONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33746089540     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2220546     Document Type: Article

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