DocumentCode
2252956
Title
Inefficient coherent carrier transport in quantum cascade lasers at high temperature
Author
Talukder, Muhammad A. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that coherent carrier transport in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) decreases as temperature increases due to a corresponding decrease in the quantum coherence time between the injector and active region levels.
Keywords
carrier mobility; high-temperature effects; light coherence; quantum cascade lasers; coherent carrier transport; high-temperature quantum cascade lasers; quantum coherence; thermal effects; Charge carrier density; Coherence; Land surface temperature; Neodymium; Quantum cascade lasers; Temperature dependence;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951132
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