Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers controlled by boundary conditions

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7226, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Chassagneux, Y ^a   Colombelli, R ^a   Maineult, W ^b   Barbieri, S ^b   Beere, H E ^c   Ritchie, D A ^c   Khanna, S P ^d   Linfield, E H ^d   Davies, A G ^d  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELECTRICITY; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL METHOD; REFLECTANCE; RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIODE LASER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; FIELD EMISSION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58149347323     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07636     Document Type: Article

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