Progress in quantum cascade lasers

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 171-192

  Faist, Jerome ^a   Aellen, Thierry ^a   Gresch, Tobias ^a   Beck, Mattias ^a   Giovannini, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77949480999     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_5     Document Type: Article

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