Low-divergence single-mode terahertz quantum cascade laser

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 586-590

  Amanti, M I ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Scalari, G ^a   Beck, M ^a   Faist, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; DOUBLE-METAL WAVEGUIDE; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; RADIATED EMISSIONS; SPECTRAL CONTROL; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; TERAHERTZ SPECTRA;

PHOTONICS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 70349822935     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.168     Document Type: Article

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