• DocumentCode
    1662122
  • Title

    Terahertz quantum cascade lasers with symmetric active regions

  • Author

    Deutsch, C. ; Detz, H. ; Zederbauer, T. ; Andrews, A.M. ; Schrenk, W. ; Benz, A. ; Strasser, G. ; Unterrainer, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present terahertz quantum cascade lasers based on symmetric active regions. Polarity dependent performance differences are observed in the GaAs/AlGaAs and the InGaAs/GaAsSb system. The growth-induced asymmetries and their influence are discussed.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microwave photonics; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave devices; GaAs-AlGaAs; InGaAs-GaAsSb; growth-induced asymmetries; polarity dependent performance; symmetric active regions; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; Gallium arsenide; Indium gallium arsenide; Performance evaluation; Quantum cascade lasers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325970