Gain measurements of THz quantum cascade lasers using THz time-domain spectroscopy

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 436-442

  Jukam, Nathan ^a,b,c   Dhillon, Sukhdeep ^a,b,c   Zhao, Zhen Yu ^a,b,c   Duerr, Georg ^a,b,c   Armijo, J ^a,b,c   Sirmons, N ^a,b,c   Hameau, Sophie ^a,b,c   Barbieri, S ^d   Filloux, Pascal ^d   Sirtori, C ^d   Marcadet, X ^e   Tignon, Jérôme ^a,b,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Gain measurement; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor lasers; Time domain measurements

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHASE SPECTRA; QUANTUM WELL DEVICES; TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 41949093499     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.911761     Document Type: Article

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