Schematic of light emission in a quantum cascade laser (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich Department of Physics

Schematic of light emission in a quantum cascade laser

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As electrons tunnel through the Ge/SiGe heterostructure, they emit light, currently at two slightly different frequencies, due to suboptimal injection in the upper state of the radiative transition.

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ETH Zurich / David Stark

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