External cavity quantum cascade laser

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hugi, Andreas ^a   Maulini, Richard ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND-TO-CONTINUUM DESIGN; BROADBAND APPLICATIONS; DUTY CYCLES; EXTERNAL CAVITY; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; MID-INFRARED QUANTUM CASCADE; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; OUTPUT POWER; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TUNABLE SOURCE;

INFRARED LASERS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78149254102     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/25/8/083001     Document Type: Review

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