Design and simulation of a THz QCL based on Γ-X depopulation mechanism

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1240-1242

  Rihani, Samir ^a   Page, Hideaki ^b   Beere, Harvey E ^a   Ritchie, David A ^a   Pepper, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum cascade laser; THz; Ultra fast X scattering

Indexed keywords

AL CONTENT; DEPOPULATION MECHANISMS; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GAAS/ALGAAS; LASER LEVEL; NEW DESIGN; POPULATION INVERSIONS; SCATTERING RATES; TEMPERATURE OPERATION; TERA HERTZ; THZ; ULTRA-FAST;

LASERS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SCATTERING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67349240478     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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