Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on elastic distributed feedback gratings

Chengfang Liu; He Lin; Dongzhou Ji; Qun Yu; Shuoguo Chen; Ziming Guo; Qian Luo; Xu Liu; Wenyong Lai

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/44/3/032601

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 032601(2023)

Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on elastic distributed feedback gratings

Chengfang Liu^*, He Lin^*, Dongzhou Ji^*, Qun Yu^*, Shuoguo Chen^*, Ziming Guo^*, Qian Luo^*, Xu Liu^*, and Wenyong Lai^*

Author Affiliations

State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SKLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

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Received: Jul. 5, 2022

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Published Online: Mar. 30, 2023

The Author Email: Liu Chengfang (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Lin He (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Ji Dongzhou (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Yu Qun (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Chen Shuoguo (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Guo Ziming (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Luo Qian (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Liu Xu (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn), Lai Wenyong (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/3/032601

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