Terahertz semiconductor-heterostructure laser

Rüdeger Köhler; Alessandro Tredicucci; Fabio Beltram; Harvey E. Beere; E. H. Linfield; A. G. Davies; D. A. Ritchie; Rita Claudia Iotti; Fausto Rossi

doi:10.1038/417156a

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Terahertz radiationLaserOptoelectronicsSemiconductorPhotomixingMaterials scienceDiodePhotonicsFar-infrared laserSemiconductor laser theoryHeterojunctionMicrowaveTerahertz gapElectromagnetic spectrumOpticsTelecommunicationsPhysicsComputer scienceTerahertz metamaterials

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 417
Issue: 6885
Pages: 156-159
Citations: 2650
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                                    Rüdeger Köhler, 
                                
                                    Alessandro Tredicucci, 
                                
                                    Fabio Beltram
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Terahertz semiconductor-heterostructure laser. 
                            Nature
                            , 417
                            (6885)
                            , 156-159.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/417156a
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/417156a