The carrier dynamics of terahertz intersubband lasers

    P. Harrison, P. Kinsler, K. Donovan, and R.W. Kelsall.

    Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, 
    School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, 
    University of Leeds, 
    Leeds LS2 9JT,
    United Kingdom.

    SPIE 3617 (1999). 


This work explores, through a series of device case studies,
the carrier dynamical issues for extending the operating
wavelength of the mid-infrared intersubband lasers in to the
far-infrared (30-300um) or Terahertz (1-10x10^{12}Hz) region
of the spectrum. It is shown that room temperature population
inversion is possible in optically pumped and electrically
injected devices. A brief review of the current
state-of-the-art in the modelling of these devices is given.




Email: Dr.Paul.Kinsler@physics.org