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Theoretical and experimental study of optical gain and linewidth enhancement factor of type-I quantum-cascade lasersKim et al., 2004
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- 1358306631336738471
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- Kim J
- Lerttamrab M
- Chuang S
- Gmachl C
- Sivco D
- Capasso F
- Cho A
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- IEEE journal of quantum electronics
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A theoretical and experimental study of the optical gain and the linewidth enhancement factor (LEF) of a type-I quantum-cascade (QC) laser is reported. QC lasers have a symmetrical gain spectrum because the optical transition occurs between conduction …
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