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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 5, 543(2019)

Widely tunable single-mode lasers based on a hybrid square/rhombus-rectangular microcavity

You-Zeng Hao1,2, Fu-Li Wang1,2, Min Tang1,2, Hai-Zhong Weng1,2, Yue-De Yang1,2, Jin-Long Xiao1,2, and Yong-Zhen Huang1,2、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    You-Zeng Hao, Fu-Li Wang, Min Tang, Hai-Zhong Weng, Yue-De Yang, Jin-Long Xiao, Yong-Zhen Huang, "Widely tunable single-mode lasers based on a hybrid square/rhombus-rectangular microcavity," Photonics Res. 7, 543 (2019)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 10, 2018

    Accepted: Mar. 7, 2019

    Published Online: Apr. 18, 2019

    The Author Email: Yong-Zhen Huang (yzhuang@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000543

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