Electroluminescence in quantum-cascade structures based on vertical transitions is studied in a strong perpendicular magnetic field in the limit in which the cyclotron energy is larger than the intersubband transition energy. Cyclotron emission and a luminescence intensity enhancement up to a factor of 6 is observed in GaAs/AlGaAs and InGaAs/InAlAs vertical transition-based quantum-cascade structures.

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