High order sideband generation in terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Cavalie P ^a   Freeman, J ^a   Maussang, K ^a   Strupiechonski, E ^b   Xu, G ^b   Colombelli, R ^b   Li, L ^c   Davies, A G ^c   Linfield, E H ^c   Tignon, J ^a   Dhillon, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION-BAND STATE; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUADRATIC DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; THIRD-ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

PHOTONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84879069620     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4808385     Document Type: Article

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