High-performance bound-to-continuum quantum-cascade lasers for broad-gain applications

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Wittmann, Andreas ^a   Gresch, Tobias ^a   Gini, Emilio ^a   Hvozdara, Lubos ^b   Hoyler, Nicolas ^c   Giovannini, Marcella ^c   Faist, Jérôme ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Alpes Lasers SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broadband tuning; Buried heterostructure (BH); Continuous wave (CW); Intersubband (ISB) absorption; Quantum cascade (QC) laser

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHONONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RESONANCE;

BROADBAND TUNING; INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 37149012924     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.909516     Document Type: Article

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