λ∼7.1 μm quantum cascade lasers with 19% wall-plug efficiency at room temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17203-17211

  Maulini, Richard ^a   Lyakh, Arkadiy ^a   Tsekoun, Alexei ^a   N Patel, C Kumar ^a,b  

^a Pranalytica Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DEFECTS; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RESONANCE;

ACTIVE REGIONS; AVERAGE POWER; CONTINUOUS WAVES; LASER LEVEL; LOW VOLTAGES; OPTIMUM VALUE; OUTPUT POWER; PULSED MODE; QUANTUM DESIGNS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRAIN-BALANCED; SUB-BANDS; UNCOOLED OPERATION; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80052189171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017203     Document Type: Article

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