Quantum cascade lasers that emit more light than heat

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-102

  Bai, Yanbo ^a   Slivken, Steven ^a   Kuboya, Shigeyuki ^a   Darvish, Shaban R ^a   Razeghi, Manijeh ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVICE LIFETIME; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; EMITTING WAVELENGTHS; FIGURES OF MERITS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LOW TEMPERATURES; POWER PERFORMANCE; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY;

PHOTONICS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 76449110722     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.263     Document Type: Article

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