Quantum Cascade Lasers

✍ Scribed by Jérôme Faist

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Edition: Illustrated
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to quantum cascade lasers, including the basic underlying models used to describe the device. It aims at giving a synthetic view of the topic including the aspects of the physics, the technology, and the use of the device. It should also provide a guide for the application engineer to use this device in systems.

The book is based on lecture notes of a class given for Masters and beginning PhD students. The idea is to provide an introduction to the new and exciting developments that intersubband transitions have brought to the use of the mid-infrared and terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The book provides an introductory part to each topic so that it can be used in a self-contained way, while references to the literature will allow deeper studies for further research.

✦ Table of Contents

Quantum devices - Oxford Scholarship
Technology - Oxford Scholarship
Electronic states in semiconductor quantum wells - Oxford Scholarship
Optical transitions - Oxford Scholarship
Intersubband scattering processes - Oxford Scholarship
Mid-infrared waveguides - Oxford Scholarship
Active region design - Oxford Scholarship
Short-wavelength QCLs - Oxford Scholarship
Terahertz QCL - Oxford Scholarship
Mode control - Oxford Scholarship
Device properties and characterization - Oxford Scholarship
Transport models - Oxford Scholarship
Dynamical properties - Oxford Scholarship
Applications - Oxford Scholarship
Appendix A Designs - Oxford Scholarship
References - Oxford Scholarship