Continuous-wave operation of 2.7THz photonic crystal quantum cascade lasers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1513-1515

  Sevin, G ^a   Fowler, D ^a   Xu, G ^a   Julien, F H ^a   Colombelli, R ^a   Beere, H ^b   Ritchie, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DEVICE SURFACES; METAL CONTACTS; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; QUANTUM-CASCADE DEVICES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 78149261380     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.2036     Document Type: Article

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