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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 821(2018)

Chirped coupled ridge waveguide quantum cascade laser arrays with stable single-lobe far-field patterns

Yue Zhao1,2,3, Jin-Chuan Zhang1,2,3、*, Chuan-Wei Liu1,2,3, Ning Zhuo1,2,3, Shen-Qiang Zhai1,2,3, Li-Jun Wang1,2,3, Jun-Qi Liu1,2,3, Shu-Man Liu1,2,3, Feng-Qi Liu1,2,3,4, and Zhan-Guo Wang1,2,3
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
  • 4e-mail: fqliu@semi.ac.cn
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    Yue Zhao, Jin-Chuan Zhang, Chuan-Wei Liu, Ning Zhuo, Shen-Qiang Zhai, Li-Jun Wang, Jun-Qi Liu, Shu-Man Liu, Feng-Qi Liu, Zhan-Guo Wang. Chirped coupled ridge waveguide quantum cascade laser arrays with stable single-lobe far-field patterns[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(8): 821

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    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: Mar. 22, 2018

    Accepted: Jun. 13, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Jin-Chuan Zhang (zhangjinchuan@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000821

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