Short injector quantum cascade lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 591-600

  Franz, Kale J ^a   Liu, Peter Q ^a   Raftery, James J J ^a   Escarra, Matthew D ^a   Hoffman, Anthony J ^a   Howard, Scott Sheridan ^a,b   Yao, Yu ^a   Dikmelik, Yamac ^c   Wang, Xiaojun ^d   Fan, Jen Yu ^d   Khurgin, Jacob B ^c   Gmachl, Claire ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d ADTECH OPTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Midinfrared; Negative differential resistance; Quantum cascade (QC) laser; Short injector

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE STATE; HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE; INJECTOR WELLS; MIDINFRARED; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; QC LASERS; QUANTUM WELL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT INJECTORS; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY;

JET PUMPS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 77649320231     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2030896     Document Type: Article

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