Operation of a 1.8-THz quantum-cascade laser above 160 K

Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Sushil ^a   Chan, Chun W I ^a   Hu, Qing ^a   Reno, John L ^b  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

DESIGN SCHEME; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 77957580488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo.2010.cthu1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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