DocumentCode
577994
Title
Effects of resonant tunneling on intrinsic linewidth of quantum cascade lasers
Author
Liu, Tiegen ; Wang, Q.J.
Author_Institution
Div. of Microelectron., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
542
Lastpage
543
Abstract
The quantum Langevin analysis for QCLs show that coupling strength and dephasing rate strongly affect the linewidth of THz QCLs in incoherent resonant-tunneling transport regime, but induce insignificant influence for mid-infrared QCLs due to strong coupling.
Keywords
infrared sources; microwave photonics; quantum cascade lasers; resonant tunnelling devices; spectral line breadth; terahertz wave devices; THz QCL; coupling strength; dephasing rate; incoherent resonant-tunneling transport; intrinsic linewidth; mid-infrared QCL; quantum Langevin analysis; quantum cascade lasers; Couplings; Distributed feedback devices; Educational institutions; Equations; Mathematical model; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonant tunneling devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358733
Filename
6358733
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