Improved thermal management of mid-IR quantum cascade lasers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Lops, Antonia ^a,c   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^a,c   Vitiello, Miriam S ^a,c   Di Franco, Cinzia ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT RESISTANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER RADIATION; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ANISOTROPIC THERMAL MODELS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL);

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 40149102956     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2840136     Document Type: Article

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