Towards superlattice terahertz amplifiers and lasers

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 31-40

  Lisauskas, Alvydas ^a   Mohler, Ernst ^a   Roskos, Hartmut G ^a   Demarina, Nataliya V ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Semiconductor superlattice; Terahertz lasing; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949400219     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6503-3_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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