2.9 THz quantum cascade lasers operating up to 70 K in continuous wave

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1674-1676

  Barbieri, S ^a   Alton, J ^b   Beere, H E ^b   Fowler, J ^b   Linfield, E H ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSTATS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON GAS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUPERLATTICES; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

PARASITIC LEAKAGE CURRENT; PHONON EMISSION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL); THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

LASERS;

EID: 5044231884     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1784874     Document Type: Article

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