Finite size effects in surface emitting Terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6703-6709

  Mahler, Lukas ^a   Tredicucci, Alessandro ^a   Beltram, Fabio ^a   Walther, Christoph ^b   Beere, Harvey E ^c   Ritchie, David A ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ENERGY GAP; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK RESONATORS; DOUBLE-METAL WAVEGUIDE; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; SURFACE EMISSIONS; SURFACE EMITTING; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; TRANSVERSE MODE;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 65149087739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006703     Document Type: Article

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