Optical and transport characteristics of quantum-cascade lasers with optimized second-harmonic generation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 391-398

  Bai, Jing ^a   Citrin, David S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersubband transitions; Mid infrared; Nonlinear optics; Quantum cascade laser (QCL); Second harmonic generation (SHG); Supersymmetric quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

INTERSUBBAND TRANSITION; MID-INFRARED; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 34047229244     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.893897     Document Type: Article

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