Surface-emitting distributed feedback terahertz quantum-cascade lasers in metal-metal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-128

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

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFLECTION;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE; FABRY-PEROT RIDGE LASERS; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; SINGLE-MODE OPERATION;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 33846145072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000113     Document Type: Article

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