Intracavity second harmonic generation in quantum cascade lasers in the telecommunication range

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7230, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cho, Yong Hee ^a   Belyanin, Alexey ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High band offset heterostructures; Nonlinear optics; Quantum cascade lasers; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

BAND ENERGIES; CONDUCTION BAND STRUCTURES; EFFECTIVE MASS; ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH BAND OFFSET HETEROSTRUCTURES; INTRA CAVITIES; INTRACAVITY SECOND HARMONIC GENERATIONS; INTRACAVITY SHG; K-P METHODS; MID-INFRARED QUANTUM CASCADES; MODAL PHASE MATCHING; NEAR-INFRARED RANGES; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES; ONE-BAND MODELS; QC LASERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 63449088522     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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