InP-based midinfrared quantum cascade lasers for wavelengths below 4 μm

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1417-1425

  Revin, Dmitry G ^a   Commin, James Paul ^a   Zhang, Shiyong Y ^a   Krysa, Andrey B ^a   Kennedy, Kenneth ^a   Cockburn, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs); short wave length midinfrared radiation; strain compensation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; CORE REGION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; LASER EMISSION; MID-INFRARED QUANTUM CASCADE; OPTICAL POWER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT WAVES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; STRAIN COMPENSATION; STRAIN-COMPENSATED; THIRD-ORDER; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

GALLIUM;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 80053939603     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2128858     Document Type: Article

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