Terahertz quantum cascade lasers based on two-dimensional photonic crystal resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5206-5217

  Sirigu, Lorenzo ^a   Terazzi, Romain ^a   Amanti, Maria I ^a   Giovannini, Marcella ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a   Dunbar, L Andrea ^b   Houdré, Romuald ^b  

^a Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FEEDBACK; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL RESONATORS; PLANE RESONATORS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 42149182447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005206     Document Type: Article

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