Microscopic density matrix model for optical gain of terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Many-body, nonparabolicity, and resonant tunneling effects
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Tao Liu,1,2 Kenneth E. Lee,3 and Qi Jie Wang1,2,4,* 1School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave., Singapore, 639798 2CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Border X Block, Level 6, Singapore, 637553 3Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798 4School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371 (Received 10 August 2012; revised manuscript received 7 November 2012; published 11 December 2012)
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تاریخ انتشار 2012