Magnetic-field-assisted terahertz quantum cascade laser operating up to 225K

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Wade, A ^a   Fedorov, G ^a   Smirnov, D ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Williams, B S ^b,c   Hu, Q ^b   Reno, J L ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CRYOGENIC COOLING; ELECTRICAL BIAS; FREQUENCY RANGES; POPULATION INVERSIONS; QUANTUM CASCADES; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 58049130275     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.251     Document Type: Article

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