Singlemode quantum cascade lasers with power dissipation below 1W

Electronics Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 646-647

  Hinkov, B ^a   Bismuto, A ^a   Bonetti, Y ^a   Beck, M ^a   Blaser, S ^b   Faist, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Alpes Lasers SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; LASER THRESHOLD; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; SINGLE MODE;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 84861647378     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.1204     Document Type: Article

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