Monte Carlo study of intrinsic linewidths in terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25922-25927

  Jirauschek, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

COUPLED SIMULATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH-POWER; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; MONTE CARLO STUDY; OPTICAL CAVITIES; RESONANT PHONON; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; THERMAL PHOTONS;

LINEWIDTH;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTUM THEORY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 78650052282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025922     Document Type: Article

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