quantum cascade laser

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quantum cascade laser [¦kwänt·əm ‚kas‚kād ′lā·zər]

(optics)

A semiconductor laser whose light is generated by electronic transitions between bound states created by quantum confinement in alternating ultrathin layers of semiconductor material.

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