Quantum cascade lasers based on single phonon-continuum depopulation structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7230, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fujita, Kazuue ^a   Edamura, Tadataka ^a   Akikusa, Naota ^a   Sugiyama, Atushi ^a   Ochiai, Takahide ^a   Furuta, Shinichi ^a   Ito, Akio ^a   Yamanishi, Masamichi ^a   Kan, Hirofumi ^a  

^a Central Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; Mid infrared; Quantum cascade lasers; Room temperature

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE; CW OPERATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DFB LASERS; HIGH CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPERATIONS; LONG WAVELENGTHS; LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITIES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MID-INFRARED; QUANTUM CASCADES; RIDGE STRUCTURES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-MODE SPECTRUM; THERMAL DISSIPATIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WIDE TUNING RANGES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER LASERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; PHONONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 63449120384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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