Temperature dependence of the gain profile for terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Nelander, Rikard ^a   Wacker, Andreas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL GAIN; PHONONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROSCOPIC SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 40049094197     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2884686     Document Type: Article

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