Active photonic crystal terahertz laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 941-946

  Benz, A ^a   Deutsch, Ch ^a   Fasching, G ^a   Unterrainer, K ^a   Andrews, A M ^a   Klang, P ^a   Schrenk, W ^a   Strasser, G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED LASERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; DOUBLE-METAL WAVEGUIDE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; HIGH-SYMMETRY POINTS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE MODE EMISSION; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 58449105609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000941     Document Type: Article

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