SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS WITHOUT POPULATION-INVERSION

被引:185
作者
IMAMOGLU, A
RAM, RJ
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California- Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
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10.1364/OL.19.001744
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose a new scheme for lasing without population inversion that utilizes interferences in double-quantum-well intersubband transitions. In contrast to the previous inversionless laser schemes based on atomic systems, the new proposal permits us to use band-gap engineering to choose the subband energies, coupling strengths, and decay rates, as desired, and permits us to create a laser system that does not require population inversion. We present detailed calculations on a specific scheme and discuss possible extensions.
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页码:1744 / 1746
页数:3
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