Intersubband absorption of quantum cascade laser structures and its application to laser modulation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Lyakh, A ^a   Maulini, R ^a   Tsekoun, A ^a   Go, R ^a   Patel, C K N ^a,b  

^a Pranalytica Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL LOSSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

INTRACAVITY MODULATION; LASER FREQUENCY ABSORPTION MODULATION; THERMAL CHIRP;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 44449123268     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2937207     Document Type: Article

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