Broad-gain (Δλ/λ0̃0.4), temperature-insensitive (T0̃510K) quantum cascade lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2694-2701

  Fujita, Kazuue ^a   Furuta, Shinichi ^a   Dougakiuchi, Tatsuo ^a   Sugiyama, Atsushi ^a   Edamura, Tadataka ^a   Yamanishi, Masamichi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; GAIN SPECTRA; LASER PERFORMANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS;

EID: 79851490066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002694     Document Type: Article

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