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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 0200003(2025)

Progress on Photomultiplication-Type Organic Photodetectors with Tunable Spectral Response Range (Invited)

Kaixuan Yang1, Jian Wang1, Jian Wang2, and Fujun Zhang3、*
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  • 1School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 2College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Taishan University, Taian271000, Shandong , China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    Kaixuan Yang, Jian Wang, Jian Wang, Fujun Zhang. Progress on Photomultiplication-Type Organic Photodetectors with Tunable Spectral Response Range (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(2): 0200003

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    Received: May. 7, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Fujun Zhang (fjzhang@bjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS240965

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS240965

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