Broadband quantum cascade laser gain medium based on a "continuum-to- bound" active region design

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Yao, Yu ^a   Charles, William O ^a   Tsai, Tracy ^a   Chen, Jianxin ^a,b   Wysocki, Gerard ^a   Gmachl, Claire F ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; COUPLED STATE; EXTERNAL CAVITY; GAIN SPECTRA; MODAL GAIN; NARROW BANDS; PULSED-MODE OPERATION; QUANTUM CASCADES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 77956192600     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3431577     Document Type: Article

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