A density matrix model of transport and radiation in quantum cascade lasers

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Terazzi, Romain ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE; DENSITY MATRIX FORMALISM; ELECTRON HEATING; MIDINFRARED LASERS; NEW STRUCTURES; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL POWER; SUB-BANDS; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORT MODELS;

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77951551963     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/033045     Document Type: Article

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