Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xx

Part I - Bandstructure Engineering, Modeling and State-of-the-Art QCLs

pp 1-2

1 - Basic Physics of Intersubband Radiative and Nonradiative Processes

pp 3-40

2 - State-of-the-Art Mid-Infrared QCLs: Elastic Scattering, High CW Power, and Coherent-Power Scaling

pp 41-101

3 - Long-Wavelength Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers

pp 102-137

4 - Overview of the State-of-the-Art Terahertz QCL Designs

pp 138-152

5 - Simulating Quantum Cascade Lasers: The Challenge to Quantum Theory

pp 153-172

6 - Coupled Simulation of Quantum Electronic Transport and Thermal Transport in Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers

pp 173-200

Part II - Active Research Topics

pp 201-202

7 - Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Combs

pp 203-248

8 - Frequency Noise and Frequency Stabilization of QCLs

pp 249-274

9 - Distributed-Feedback and Beam Shaping in Monolithic Terahertz QCLs

pp 275-309

10 - Metasurface-based THz Quantum Cascade Lasers

pp 310-342

11 - Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Sources Based on Intra-Cavity Difference-Frequency Generation

pp 342-370

Part III - Applications

pp 371-372

12 - QCL Applications in Scientific Research, Commercial, and Defense and Security Markets

pp 373-409

13 - QCL-based Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

pp 410-442

14 - Multiheterodyne Spectroscopic Sensing and Applications of Mid-Infrared and Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Combs

pp 443-476

15 - Self-Mixing in Quantum Cascade Lasers: Theory and Applications

pp 477-508

16 - Applications of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers

pp 509-523

Index

pp 524-530