Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 1, 011402(2020)

High-Contrast Grating Structure Design for Liquid Crystal Tunable Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Zhou Zheng1, Yonggang Zou1, Linlin Shi1, Junyu Fang1, Haizhu Wang1, Jie Fan1, Chao Cui2, Li Xu1、*, and Xiaohui Ma1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Lasers, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
  • 2The First Military Command Office of the Army in Changchun, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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    Zhou Zheng, Yonggang Zou, Linlin Shi, Junyu Fang, Haizhu Wang, Jie Fan, Chao Cui, Li Xu, Xiaohui Ma. High-Contrast Grating Structure Design for Liquid Crystal Tunable Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(1): 011402

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 18, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 3, 2019

    Published Online: Jan. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Xu Li (361394566@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.011402

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