Interband cascade lasers

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Vurgaftman, I ^a   Weih, R ^c   Kamp, M ^c   Meyer, J R ^a   Canedy, C L ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Kim, M ^d   Bewley, W W ^a   Merritt, C D ^a   Abell, J ^a   Hofling S ^b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

interband cascade lasers; mid infrared lasers; semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; INTERBAND CASCADE LASER; MID WAVE INFRARED (MWIR); MIDINFRARED LASERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84935099959     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/48/12/123001     Document Type: Review

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