Terahertz Quantum-Staircase and Quantum-Parallel Laser Designs for GaAs/AlGaAs and SiGe/Si

Abstract

This briefing addresses the following quantum laser design topics: Quantum Staircase Laser - *Highly simplified cascade, *No injector sections, *Identical quantum wells, *Strain-balanced SiGe/Si, *PIP and NIN laser designs; Quantum Parallel Laser - *Simple flatband superlattice, *Low bias voltage, *"Super Superlattice" is the optimum design, *PIPIP and NININ designs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA526859

Entities

People

  • Richard Soref

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • European Union
  • Information Operations
  • Injectors
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Quantum Cascade Lasers
  • Quantum Tunneling
  • Quantum Wells
  • Radiation
  • Superlattices
  • Terahertz Radiation
  • Transitions
  • Tunneling

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing