Gain and losses in THz quantum cascade laser with metal-metal waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 733-738

  Martl, Michael ^a   Darmo, Juraj ^a   Deutsch, Christoph ^a   Brandstetter, Martin ^a   Andrews, Aaron Maxwell ^a   Klang, Pavel ^a   Strasser, Gottfried ^a   Unterrainer, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ PULSE; COUPLED CAVITY; HIGH DYNAMIC; LASER MEDIUM; LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL; METAL-METAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL MODES; QUANTUM CASCADES; SPECTRAL GAIN; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

METALS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; METALS; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78751547090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000733     Document Type: Article

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