Review of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Micro- and Nano-Lasers

Hongxing Dong; Hao Chang; Xinyu Gao; Liang Liu; Haodong Cheng; Xinjie Li; Ke Yu

doi:10.3788/CJL231601

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 11, 1101026(2024)

Review of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Micro- and Nano-Lasers

Hongxing Dong^1,2、*, Hao Chang^1、**, Xinyu Gao¹, Liang Liu¹, Haodong Cheng¹, Xinjie Li¹, and Ke Yu¹

¹Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang , China

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Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Dec. 29, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 20, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 11, 2024

The Author Email: Dong Hongxing (hongxingd@siom.ac.cn), Chang Hao (changhao@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL231601

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