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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 622(2023)

Regrowth-free AlGaInAs MQW polarization controller integrated with a sidewall grating DFB laser Editors' Pick

Xiao Sun1、*, Song Liang2, Weiqing Cheng1, Shengwei Ye1, Yiming Sun1, Yongguang Huang2, Ruikang Zhang2, Jichuan Xiong3, Xuefeng Liu3, John H. Marsh1, and Lianping Hou1
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  • 1James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
  • 2Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    Xiao Sun, Song Liang, Weiqing Cheng, Shengwei Ye, Yiming Sun, Yongguang Huang, Ruikang Zhang, Jichuan Xiong, Xuefeng Liu, John H. Marsh, Lianping Hou, "Regrowth-free AlGaInAs MQW polarization controller integrated with a sidewall grating DFB laser," Photonics Res. 11, 622 (2023)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Nov. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 11, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 29, 2023

    The Author Email: Xiao Sun (x.sun.2@research.gla.ac.uk)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.480676

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    Lasers and Laser Optics
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