High-Performance λ ∼ 8.6 µm Quantum Cascade Lasers With Single Phonon-Continuum Depopulation Structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 683-688

  Fujita, Kazuue ^a   Furuta, Shinich ^a   Sugiyama, Atsushi ^a   Ochiai, Takahide ^a   Edamura, Tadataka ^a   Akikusa, Naota ^a   Yamanishi, Masamichi ^a   Kan, Hirofumi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; high power; mid infrared; quantum cascade laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008048803     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2048015     Document Type: Article

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