Influence of Injector Doping Concentration on the Performance of InP-Based Quantum-Cascade Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 994-1000

  Mann, Christian ^a   Yang, Quankui ^a   Fuchs, Frank ^a   Bronner, Wolfgang ^a   Kohler, Klaus ^a   Wagner, Joachim ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic range; injector doping concentration; quantum cascade (QC) laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008038615     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.881411     Document Type: Article

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