Rebalancing of internally generated carriers for mid-infrared interband cascade lasers with very low power consumption

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vurgaftman, I ^a   Bewley, W W ^a   Canedy, C L ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Kim, M ^a   Merritt, C D ^a   Abell, J ^a   Lindle, J R ^a   Meyer, J R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICES; ELECTRON; HEAT EXCHANGE; LASER; MID INFRARED INTERBAND CASCADE LASER; POWER SUPPLY; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VERY LOW POWER CONSUMPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84455194254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1595     Document Type: Article

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