Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 041401(2022)

Highly integrated photonic crystal bandedge lasers monolithically grown on Si substrates On the Cover

Yaoran Huang1, Taojie Zhou1,2, Mingchu Tang2, Guohong Xiang1, Haochuan Li1, Mickael Martin3, Thierry Baron3, Siming Chen2, Huiyun Liu2, and Zhaoyu Zhang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science and Engineering and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Lasers, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ), Shenzhen 518172, China
  • 2Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UK
  • 3Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA-LETI, MINATEC, LTM, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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    Yaoran Huang, Taojie Zhou, Mingchu Tang, Guohong Xiang, Haochuan Li, Mickael Martin, Thierry Baron, Siming Chen, Huiyun Liu, Zhaoyu Zhang. Highly integrated photonic crystal bandedge lasers monolithically grown on Si substrates[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(4): 041401

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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 16, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 14, 2022

    Posted: Jan. 14, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhaoyu Zhang (zhangzy@cuhk.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.041401

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