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Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 12, 2686(2022)

Continuous-wave single-mode quantum cascade laser at 5.1 THz based on graded sampled grating design

Weijiang Li1,2, Yu Ma1,2, Yunfei Xu1,2, Junqi Liu1,2,4、*, Lijun Wang1,2,5、*, Ning Zhuo1,6、*, Quanyong Lu3, Jinchuan Zhang1, Shenqiang Zhai1, Shuman Liu1,2, and Fengqi Liu1,2,3
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
  • 3Division of Quantum Materials and Devices, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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    Weijiang Li, Yu Ma, Yunfei Xu, Junqi Liu, Lijun Wang, Ning Zhuo, Quanyong Lu, Jinchuan Zhang, Shenqiang Zhai, Shuman Liu, Fengqi Liu, "Continuous-wave single-mode quantum cascade laser at 5.1 THz based on graded sampled grating design," Photonics Res. 10, 2686 (2022)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 16, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 3, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 4, 2022

    The Author Email: Junqi Liu (jqliu@semi.ac.cn), Lijun Wang (ljwang@semi.ac.cn), Ning Zhuo (zhuoning@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.467974

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