Quantum-Cascade Lasers

In this chapter we shall discuss basic features of quantum-cascade coherent-light sources; to this aim we shall review a few simulated experiments focusing on the microscopic explanation of the gain regime, both in the mid-infrared and in the far-infrared spectral regions.

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