Mid-IR type-II interband cascade lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1435-1444

  Vurgaftman, Igor ^a   Bewley, William W ^a   Canedy, Chadwick L ^a   Kim, Chul Soo ^a   Kim, Mijin ^a   Lindle, J Ryan ^a   Merritt, Charles D ^a   Abell, Joshua ^a   Meyer, Jerry R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GaSb; interband cascade lasers (ICLs); midinfrared; semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; BAND ALIGNMENTS; EFFICIENT EMISSION; ELECTRICAL INJECTION; ELECTRON INJECTORS; GASB; HOLE INJECTORS; INTERBAND CASCADE LASER; INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS (ICLS); INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MIDINFRARED; MIDWAVE INFRARED; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; POPULATION INVERSIONS; WAVEGUIDE DESIGN;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; JET PUMPS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 80053978427     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2114331     Document Type: Article

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