Design of 1×16 phase-locked array of quantum cascade laser in mid-infrared band

Rui Wang; Dongliang Zhang; Chengcheng Zhang; Qinghua Lin; Mingxin Luo; Xiantong Zheng; Lianqing Zhu

doi:10.3788/IRLA20240014

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