Quantum cascade lasers: High-power emission and single-mode operation in the long-wave infrared (λ>6μm)

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Troccoli, Mariano ^a   Wang, Xiaojun ^a   Fan, Jenyu ^a  

^a ADTECH OPTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared lasers; infrared spectroscopy; quantum cascade lasers; quantum wells; semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

AT-WAVELENGTH; BURIED GRATING; BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS MODE; DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK; HIGH-POWER; INP SUBSTRATES; LATTICE-MATCHED; LONGWAVE INFRARED; MULTIMODES; MW OUTPUT; QUANTUM CASCADES; QUANTUM WELLS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE MODE EMISSION; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDES;

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVEGUIDES; WAVES;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 79953895003     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3498778     Document Type: Article

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