Abstract
Mechanisms and structures to achieve surface emission in terahertz quantum cascade lasers are discussed. The necessary symmetry breaking is produced in gratings with a base, or curved, or quasiperiodic, and by the finite device length.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
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