Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 5, 0500001(2020)

Development of Semiconductor Lasers

Lianghui Chen1、*, Guowen Yang2,3、**, and Yuxian Liu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Nano-Optoelectronics Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
  • 3Dogain Laser Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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    Category: reviews

    Received: Apr. 14, 2020

    Accepted: Apr. 28, 2020

    Published Online: May. 12, 2020

    The Author Email: Chen Lianghui (chenlh@semi.ac.cn), Yang Guowen (yangguowen@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0500001

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