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2. Operating principle of quantum cascade lasers
2.1 Electronic state engineering
The first condition for drawing the active region of a quantum cascade laser is population inversion between the ground state and the excited state of the laser transition We saw in paragraph 1.3
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Nextnano: software for simulating the I-V characteristics and gain of quantum cascade lasers https://www.nextnano.de/
Events
Research work on quantum cascade lasers is regularly presented at several international conferences:
Photonics West (PW): every February in San Francisco, with the exhibition section where all QCL producers gather to present their latest innovations.
International quantum cascade lasers school and workshop (IQCLSW): every two years (2018, 2020, etc.).
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Patents
Single-pole semiconductor laser EP0676839 – 1995-10-11
Quantum laser cascade EP0841731 – 1998-05-13
Device with improved quantum cascade laser EP0877454 – 1998-11-11
Quantum cascade laser with self-mode locking EP1154532 – 2001-11-14
Apparatus for measuring gas concentration using a gas correlation method EP1850112 – 2007-10-31...
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