Monte Carlo simulation of extraction barrier width effects on terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Li, H ^a   Cao, J C ^a   Lu J T ^a   Han, Y J ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; EXTRACTION; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

BARRIER WIDTHS; MONTE CARLO (MC); MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); STEP SIZE; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (QCL); THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 44849101384     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2939435     Document Type: Article

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