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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 10, 1713(2023)

Reflection sensitivity of dual-state quantum dot lasers

Zhiyong Jin1、†, Heming Huang2、†, Yueguang Zhou3, Shiyuan Zhao2, Shihao Ding2, Cheng Wang4, Yong Yao1, Xiaochuan Xu1, Frédéric Grillot2,5, and Jianan Duan1、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 2LTCI, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
  • 3DTU Electro, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
  • 4School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 5Center for High Technology Materials, The University of New-Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Apr. 28, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 7, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 27, 2023

    The Author Email: Jianan Duan (duanjianan@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.494393

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