Investigation of thermal effects in quantum-cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 859-867

  Evans, Craig A ^a   Jovanović, Vladimir D ^a,b   Indjin, Dragan ^a   Ikonić, Zoran ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEHMAN BROTHERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron dynamics; Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs); Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRON DYNAMICS; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS (QCLS); THERMAL DYNAMICS; THERMAL MODELING;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 33746575740     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.880116     Document Type: Article

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