Low threshold THz QC lasers with thin core regions

Electronics Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 285-286

  Chassagneux, Y ^a   Palomo, J ^a   Colombelli, R ^a   Barbieri, S ^b   Dhillon, S ^b   Sirtori, C ^b   Beere, H ^c   Alton, J ^c   Ritchie, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL EFFECTS; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY; WAVE EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE REGION THICKNESS; CASCADE LASERS; METAL-METAL GEOMETRY; WAVEGUIDE RESONATOR;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33847664141     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20073842     Document Type: Article

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