Electronic and lattice temperatures in bound-to-continuum terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Author

Vitiello, Miriam Serena ; Scamarcio, Gaetano ; Spagnolo, Vincenzo ; Losco, Tonia ; Green, Richard P. ; Tredicucci, Alessandro ; Beere, Harvey E. ; Ritchie, David A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. Interateneo di Fis."M.Merlin", Univ. di Bari, Bari

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The electronic temperatures, the lattice temperature and the electron-lattice energy relaxation rate in bound-to-continuum THz quantum-cascade lasers are extracted from the analysis of micro-probe photoluminescence spectra and compared with results for resonant-phonon structures.

Keywords

photoluminescence; quantum cascade lasers; resonance; submillimetre wave lasers; bound-to-continuum THz quantum-cascade lasers; electron-lattice energy relaxation rate; electronic temperatures; lattice temperature; microprobe photoluminescence spectra; resonant-phonon structures; Distributed feedback devices; Excitons; Laboratories; Laser modes; Lattices; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; (140.3070) Infrared and far infrared lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628288

Filename

4628288