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Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 12, 2809(2022)

Strain-engineered N-polar InGaN nanowires: towards high-efficiency red LEDs on the micrometer scale Spotlight on Optics

A. Pandey, J. Min, Y. Malhotra, M. Reddeppa, Y. Xiao, Y. Wu, and Z. Mi*
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    A. Pandey, J. Min, Y. Malhotra, M. Reddeppa, Y. Xiao, Y. Wu, Z. Mi. Strain-engineered N-polar InGaN nanowires: towards high-efficiency red LEDs on the micrometer scale[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(12): 2809

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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Aug. 16, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 24, 2022

    The Author Email: Z. Mi (ztmi@umich.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.473318

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