Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 53, Issue 5, 0553105(2024)

Advances in Organic Microcavity Lasers Based on Different Resonant Cavity Structures(Invited)

Jinlong ZHU... Hongbing FU and Qing LIAO* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices,Department of Chemistry,Capital Normal University,Beijing 100048,China
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    Category: Special Issue for Microcavity Photonics

    Received: Feb. 29, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 30, 2024

    Published Online: Jun. 20, 2024

    The Author Email: LIAO Qing (liaoqing@cnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20245305.0553105

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